سرخط اخبار انگلیسی 15 مرداد شماره 1 English Top News August 6 No 1

U.S. drone hits Syria in first lethal strike launched from Turkey8/5/2015 9:54:26 PMWASHINGTON/ANKARA - The United States has conducted its first drone strike into northern Syria from a base in Turkey, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, ahead of what Ankara said would soon be a "comprehensive battle" against Islamic State militants there.

Obama defends Iran nuclear deal as U.S. diplomacy over war8/5/2015 11:41:37 PMWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama defended the Iran nuclear deal on Wednesday against a furious lobbying effort by political opponents and Israel and said abandoning the agreement would open up the prospect of war.

Obama warns of dangers to Israel if Iran deal blocked8/5/2015 10:52:23 PMJERUSALEM - President Barack Obama told U.S. Jewish leaders it was likely rockets would fall on Tel Aviv if a nuclear deal with Iran was blocked and military action ensued, one of them said on Wednesday.

Special Report: Multitude of local authorities soak Illinois homeowners in taxes8/5/2015 5:33:08 PM - Mary Beth Jachec lives in a three-bedroom house in Wauconda, a village of 14,000 in Illinois, 45 miles northwest of Chicago. Her semi-detached brick home is unassuming. Her tax bills are not.

Final Madoff defendant sentenced to six months in prison8/6/2015 12:19:25 AMNEW YORK - Irwin Lipkin, one of Bernard Madoff's longest-serving employees, was sentenced to six months in prison on Wednesday for falsifying records that helped the imprisoned fraudster carry out his multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

FBI looking into security of Clinton private email account: Washington Post8/5/2015 7:17:58 AMWASHINGTON - The FBI has begun looking into the security of Hillary Clinton’s private email setup, contacting in the past week a Denver-based technology firm that helped manage the unusual system, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing two government officials.

Robust U.S. services sector keeps Fed rate hike in play8/6/2015 12:02:31 AMWASHINGTON - U.S. private job growth slowed in July, but a surge in services industry activity to a near-decade high suggested solid economic momentum that strengthens the case for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this year.

U.S. SEC adopts rules mandating disclosure of CEO-worker pay ratios8/5/2015 10:34:23 PMWASHINGTON - Companies will have to provide investors with a ratio showing how the median pay of their workforce squares with their chief executive officers' compensation, according to new rules adopted by U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday.

Tech leads Nasdaq, S&P 500; Disney sparks media selloff8/6/2015 12:18:32 AM - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose on Wednesday following three days of losses as tech shares advanced, while the blue-chip Dow index was flat, weighed down by Disney's largest daily drop in seven years.

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