Hundreds protest LA police shooting

About 500 people protested outside Los Angeles police headquarters on Sunday over the shooting death of an unarmed black man in California as disturbances continued in Missouri over the police killing of a black teenager there last week.

Brazilian environmental activist upends presidential election race

Environmentalist Marina Silva could defeat President Dilma Rousseff if Brazil's October election goes to a second-round runoff, according to a new poll that saw the challenger entering the race in second place.

Israel destroys homes of suspects in kidnapping and murder case

Israeli troops on Monday demolished the homes of two Palestinians it suspects abducted and killed of three teenagers in the occupied West Bank in June, the Israeli army said.

Wedding of Jew, Muslim draws protesters

Israeli police on Sunday blocked more than 200 far-right Israeli protesters from rushing guests at a wedding of a Jewish woman and Muslim man as they shouted "death to the Arabs" in a sign of tensions stoked by the Gaza war.

Economic relations to be Australia's new form of engagement

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has outlined a new paradigm in Australia's international relations, championing economic diplomacy - a business-oriented soft power push - that she says will drive poverty elimination and overcome geopolitical challenges.

Nepal floods kill 101 as cholera outbreak fears mount

The death toll from landslides and flooding in Nepal has risen to 101 after rescuers found four more bodies, officials said on Monday, as they battled to prevent a cholera outbreak.

Kiev: Rebels kill civilians as talks fail

Ukraine on Monday accused rebels of shelling a convoy of civilians fleeing the war-torn east, leaving "many" dead, as crisis talks to halt months of bloodshed failed to make a breakthrough.

Russia 'may ban car imports' if West applies new sanctions

Russia may tighten retaliatory sanctions against Western nations to include a ban on imports of cars, if the United States and the European Union impose additional sanctions on Moscow, daily newspaper Vedomosti reported on Monday.

Iraqi forces retake control of dam

Iraqi security forces and Kurdish fighters on Monday wrested back control of the country's largest dam from the hands of Islamic militants who captured it less than two weeks ago, an Iraqi army spokesman in Baghdad said.

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Nigerian Ebola patient discharged

Liberia gives experimental vaccine to three African doctors with virus

Aid workers save lives but face increasing danger from attacks

Aid workers rushing to save lives worldwide are increasingly becoming targets for attack, a worrying development for NGOs trying to ease suffering in hostile war zones.