US President Barack Obama renews calls for Congress to approve $6bn (£3.8bn) in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak.

The social network tells Newsbeat changes to the way people can report abuse and block others will give users "more control".

More than 180 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood have been sentenced to death over a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo.

US police investigate the stepfather of black shooting victim MIchael Brown for inciting illegal activity during protests in Ferguson last week.

Iran has made air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq in recent days, though not in co-ordination with the US, the Pentagon says.

Research ministers approve the development of a new Ariane rocket for Europe, with pledges of 5.924bn euros for space programmes.

Sailors from the Royal Australian Navy say they have been traumatised by pulling dead asylum seekers from the ocean while on border patrol.

Singapore's stock exchange (SGX) delays trading on Wednesday for more than three hours due to a software glitch.