The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now

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Dutch Brigadier-General Nico Tak, head of NATO's crisis management centre, attends a news conference at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons August 28, 2014.

It's Friday! Here's what people will be talking about.

1. NATO is holding an emergency meeting on Friday over the crisis in eastern Ukraine, estimating that more 1,000 Russian soldiers have invaded the region.

2. Russian president Vladamir Putin praised the success of pro-Russian separatists fighting in Ukraine , while asking for the release of trapped Ukrainian forces .

3. The White House is taking heat after President Barack Obama said in a press briefing that the administration does not have a strategy yet for dealing with ISIS.

4. The World Health Organization said the Ebola virus could infect more than 20,000 people before the outbreak is controlled.

5. Three million Syrians have been forced to flee their homes in what the UN says has "become the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era ."

6. Iceland's

Bardarbunga volcano began erupting early Friday , though the small fissure appears to have died down.