More than 1,000 people have joined a second day of planned rallies in the US city of Ferguson near St Louis to protest against police shootings.

Some bodies found in shallow graves are not those of 43 students who went missing after clashes with police in Iguala, the state governor says.

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders the withdrawal of thousands of troops stationed near the Ukrainian border, Russian media report.

The situation in Kobane, the northern Syrian town under attack from IS militants, remains "dangerous," says US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel.

The UN special envoy on Ebola David Nabarro tells the BBC he hopes the Ebola outbreak can be brought under control within three months.

Diplomats will meet in Egypt to discuss aid required to rebuild Gaza, following a 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas militants earlier this year.

Bosnians are voting in national and local elections dominated by ethnic tension and economic fears, nearly 20 years after the devastating civil war.

A Texas health care worker who treated the first Ebola victim in the US, Thomas Duncan, has tested positive for the virus, officials say.