Ebola fears grow across globe

European, Asian nations on alert; epidemic said to be out of control

Sierra leone declares health crisis

The president of Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency as the Ebola virus, blamed for nearly 700 deaths, spread across West Africa. He vowed to quarantine sick patients at home and conduct house-to-house searches for others who may have been exposed.

More foreigners withdraw from Libya

More countries have closed embassies and evacuated their nationals from warring Libya as the security situation continues to deteriorate.

Experts reach plane crash site in Ukraine

The OSCE security and rights organization said its monitors, accompanied by Dutch and Australian experts, reached the crash site of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, two weeks after the plane came down.

Argentina defaults as 'vulture talks' fail

Argentina was in default on Thursday for the second time in 13 years after the failure of last-ditch talks with US hedge funds it has branded "vultures."

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Final member of atom bomb crew on Enola Gay dies at 93

The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening the end of World War II and forcing the world into the atomic age, has died in the southern US state of Georgia.

Refugee All Stars sing to help people heal

It's a long way from the refugee camps of Africa to Poland's balmy Baltic coast, but for Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, the message is still the same.

School bombing kills 15 as cease-fire hopes fade away

Israeli tank shells slammed into a crowded UN school on Wednesday sheltering Palestinians displaced by fighting, killing 15 and wounding 90 after tearing through the walls of two classrooms, a spokesman for a UN aid agency and a health official said.

Celebrities stir passions with Gaza views

Pop idols and professional athletes are going public with strong views about Gaza, putting their relations with fans on the line while stirring up a social media frenzy.

India meth problem grows as criminals tap chemical hub

The teenager sits quietly in a Mumbai rehab clinic, a victim of India's emerging fad for the drug crystal meth, which experts say is spurred by loopholes in the country's giant chemical industry.

UN-backed tribunal holds initial hearing

The United Nations war crimes tribunal conducted an initial hearing on Wednesday in the latest case against two ailing former senior leaders of Democratic Kampuchea, also known as the Khmer Rouge regime, on charges of genocide.