Russian TV channels blocked

Ukraine has blocked 14 Russian television channels from its cable networks to "stop them spreading war propaganda", an Interior Ministry official said on Tuesday.

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Unrest sets back Ebola fight

Authorities in Liberia urgently searched on Monday for 17 people who fled an Ebola medical center over the weekend when it was attacked by looters who stole bloodstained sheets and mattresses and took them into an enormous slum.

Outbreak claims 1,200

The UN health agency said the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has now killed more than 1,200 people.

Melbourne is most 'liveable city' as Damascus comes last

Melbourne tops the ranking as the world's most pleasant city to live in for the fourth year running, but an Economist Intelligence Unit poll also finds that turmoil in Ukraine and the Middle East have pushed other cities down the list.

Spacewalking cosmonauts launch satellite

A pair of Russian cosmonauts began their workweek on Monday, floating outside the International Space Station to toss out a small satellite for a university in Peru, installing science experiments, and tackling some housekeeping chores.

Crocodile kills fisherman near tourist spot

A white-headed crocodile nicknamed Michael Jackson has been shot dead, reports said on Tuesday, after the predator apparently killed a fisherman in Australia's north.

Mega gator catch is largest in Alabama

A family in Alabama hauled in a monster alligator over the weekend, setting a record for size in the southern US state, media reports said on Monday.

Riot police face heavy gunfire

US police said early on Tuesday they came under heavy gunfire and arrested 31 people during another night of racially charged protests in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman 10 days ago.

UK's top bosses earn '131 times more' than staff

The heads of Britain's largest companies earned 131 times as much as their average employee last year, a study said on Monday, exposing the growing pay gap between bosses and workers.

US ship finishes neutralizing Syria's worst chemical arms

A specially equipped United States ship has finished neutralizing all 600 metric tons of the most dangerous of Syria's chemical weapons components surrendered to the international community this year to avert threatened airstrikes, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Crucial talks on long-term truce are extended

The chief Palestinian delegate to truce talks with Israel warned on Tuesday that Gaza violence could erupt anew unless progress is made toward a lasting deal ahead of a midnight deadline in Egyptian-brokered talks.