The battle will focus on gaining back the upper hand from the Islamic State group by pushing the militants out of the city.
The cuts come amid aggressive budget constraints imposed by forced sequestration.
The bank described the seven-second video, which showed some employees pretending to execute a man in an orange jumpsuit, as "abhorrent."
The president spoke Monday from the Pentagon on the Islamic State group and the threat of violent extremism.
Jordanian security forces have allegedly foiled a plot to carry out attacks on Saudi targets in the country. The suspect was detained with 100 pounds of explosives.
London police have been criticized for not arresting a man draped in an ISIS flag. Officials said wearing the flag was not an offense in itself.
American and Iraqi government forces responded by stepping up assaults on the militant Islamic State group in both countries late Saturday and early Sunday.
A coalition representative says the bombing was "one of the largest deliberate engagements we have conducted to date,” adding it had restricted the militants' freedom of movement.
Unclaimed car bombs and one bombing killed nearly 20 people Saturday.
An Islamic State group video purportedly depicts teenage militants shooting about 25 Syrian government troops in the ancient city of Palmyra.
A British family missing for months says they have joined the Islamic State group in Syria and released a statement urging "all Muslims to rush to the command of your Khalif."
Sinai Province, an ISIS-affiliated militant group in the Sinai peninsula, claims it fired three rockets into Israel, though Israeli police said the remains of two rockets had been found. No one was injured.
"We are keenly aware that New York State remains a top target for terrorists," Gov. Cuomo said in the statement.
Within ISIS's shadowy military structure is an elite special forces division. It has two priorities: to export the caliphate and defend it anywhere in the world.
Tariq bin Tahar al-'Awni al-Harzi reportedly recruited foreign fighters, secured arms and raised funds for the Islamic State group.
The Islamic State group allegedly destroyed "the Lion of al-Lat," a statue of a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess dating back to first century BC, in the Syrian city of Palmyra.
Residents of a southeast Nigerian city are protesting government plans to relocate up to 50 captured Boko Haram members.
Before the terror attacks in Tunisia in recent months, gunmen traveled to Libya, where they are believed to have trained with ISIS.
The Islamic State group accused Hamas of being a weak enforcer of religious diktats in the Gaza Strip.
The U.S Navy now has fewer than half the number of vessels it did under President Ronald Reagan.
By attacking tourists and the tourism industry, Tunisian extremists are creating more unemployment among young people — and making radicalization and recruiting easier.
According to the latest documents released by WikiLeaks, two French finance ministers and several French companies were spied on by the NSA.
