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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to drop the case against him, claiming lack of evidence.  He is trying to avoid becoming the first sitting head of state to go on trial at the ICC , in his case for alleged crimes against humanity.

Los Angeles police rushed to the home of disgraced television actor Stephen Collins, after neighbors heard a loud noise – believing it to have been a possible suicide attempt.  Earlier in the day, reports broke that the star of TV’s religious family drama “7^th Heaven” had confessed to sexually abusing girls as young as 11 years old.

The Supreme Court of Chile upheld an appeal filed by the indigenous Diaguita community, ordering a halt to the development of the El Morro gold and copper mine in northern Chile.  The ruling orders the Canadian conglomerate Goldcorp to consult with indigenous communities.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is proving to be a disappointment in the western effort to degrade and destroy Islamic State (IS), the terrorist group that declared itself a fundamentalist Islamic caliphate after seizing huge tracts of territory in Iraqi and Syria. 

The UN World Health Organization’s European director says Ebola in Europe is “unavoidable” because of large numbers of people already traveling between the continent and the countries that are worst affected by the West African Ebola Epidemic.  Four people are under quarantine in Madrid after the first person-to-person transfer of the killer virus outside Africa.

An effective Ebola treatment might already exist – Authorities stop alleged recruits to Islamic State – Troops take over the town where cops are suspected of murdering students – And much more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Just before Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are scheduled to meet in Tehran on Tuesday, a mysterious explosion lit up the sky over Tehran.  It apparently happened at a military range that the west suspects was used to test triggers for potential nuclear weapons.

Not only has a Japanese power company completed a floating solar power generation plant on an agricultural pond outside Osaka, but it is already generating power for hundreds of surrounding households.  And there are plans for several more.

Islamic State (IS) militants under cover of heavy artillery fire crept in on the edges of the northern Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani, and closer to the reported 12,000 Kurdish civilians trapped inside the towns.  It’s prompting fears of an impending massacre.

The United States Supreme Court refused to take up the appeals of five states that wanted it to overturn lower court rulings that scuttled the states’ bans on same-sex marriage.  The high court’s refusal to rule effectively legalizes Marriage Equality in those states.

For the first time, Ebola has been transferred from person to person outside of Africa.  Spain announced that a nurse is now being treated and is in stable condition.  She helped treat two stricken Spanish priests, each of whom died in Madrid after being infected in the West African Ebola Epidemic.

A typhoon slams Japan – F1 Driver Jules Bianchi is in Critical condition after a crash – An internet troll meets an ignominious end – And much more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one day, according to the Sierra Leone's Emergency Operations Center.  Officially, Ebola’s death toll in West Africa is 3,439 out of a total of 7,492, with the usual caveat that the numbers are more than likely the result of undercounting.

Hundreds of protesters are holding on to their positions in Hong Kong.  But their numbers have thinned considerably from the thousands who were at their sides through the last week of demonstrations that paralyzed the heart of the government and financial centers.

Pope Francis opened a rare Catholic Church conference of nearly 200 bishops and cardinals to talk about the social issues that have pit the conservative and progressive sides of the church against each other, as it tries to recover from the credibility hit it took from the Vatican bank and child abuse scandals.

Investigators in southern Mexico will compare the DNA of several bodies found in a recently dug, shallow grave against those of collected from most of the families of 43 missing students.  The youths were last seen being herded by police after a violent confrontation.

Exit polls suggest a big upset in the Brazilian presidential election.  Incumbent Dilma Rousseff came in first place, as expected.  But second place did not go to environmentalist Marina Silva – it went to pro-business centrist Aecio Neves, who appears to be on track to face Rousseff in a run-off.

Brazil decides – Hong Kong’s leader sets a deadline to end protests – Cuba provides the one thing aid groups agree is needed to help stop the West African Ebola Epidemic – And much more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The US Fight against Ebola slows in Liberia – Islamic State murders a British hostage – Venezuela hunts the murderers of a popular young politician – And much more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Last week, Nigeria claimed to have killed the man going by the name Abubakar Shekau, leader of the terrorist group Boko Haram.  Apparently, he got better.  Shekau and Boko Haram released a new video to refute Abuja’s claims and explain what the group is doing now.