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A day after the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned of an “exponential” rise in Ebola cases in Liberia, the country’s defense minister went before the Security Council to say that Ebola is now a “serious threat” to Liberia’s existence as the virus “spreads like wildfire”.

A 50-year old man is dead after being attacked byb a presumed Great White Shark while swimming off a beach at Byron Bay in northern New South Wales.  The shark is still in the area, and beaches from Tallows to Belongil will be closed for at least 24 hours.

Japanese Prime Minister just a week ago reshuffled his cabinet to make it more inclusive of women.  Unfortunately, two of them are inclusive to Nazis – the new cabinet members are distancing themselves from rightwing extremism photo emerged of them posing with a neo-nazi.

The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) later on Tuesday will release a preliminary report on the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, believed to have been caused by a Russian missile fired in territory held by Moscow-backed rebels.

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Iraq’s parliament approved a new unity government that includes Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds.  Now, all new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has to do is to rescue his increasingly fractious nation from utter collapse from the sectarian strife caused by Islamic State’s (IS) gains in the north.

A terrifying prediction from health workers trying to contain the West African Ebola Outbreak:  The UN World Health Organization (WHO) says the killer virus is spreading so fast in Liberia, that many thousands of new cases are expected over the coming three weeks.

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Vietnam is taking a technological leap forward by taking possession of two new submarines from Russia.  It’s part of a deal to deliver a total of six subs to Vietnam, and it could make China wary of pushing the territorial conflict with Vietnam over Beijing’s claim of most of the South China Sea.

There is more fighting between government forces and Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, despite the cease-fire agreed to over the weekend.  Both rebels and the Kiev government accused each other of breaching the cease-fire.

An experimental vaccine for Ebola is effective in keeping the killer virus at bay for at least five weeks when tested in lab monkeys.  But the test drug from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) needs a booster shot to extend its protection to ten months.  It’s an early hint into the effectiveness of the first generation of anti-Ebola drugs.

New polling indicating a surge in support for Scotland independence have ignited fears of a constitutional crisis at Westminster.  The British government unveiled a plan to offer greater political and fiscal autonomy for the Scots if they vote to remain within the United Kingdom.

US President Barack Obama this week will explain to Americans (and any allies thinking about buying into an international coalition) his plan to go on the offensive against Islamic State, which has captured vast amounts of territory in northern Iraq and Syria, and which Obama says can become a threat to the United States.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Hamas has to shape up and change its conduct or the Palestinian Unity government is history.  Upset over the costly Gaza war, Abbas is warning the Islamist organization that the Palestinian Authority has to function as one.

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he will sign a cease-fire with Russian-backed rebels today, ending five months of war in the country’s east.  The leaders of the rebel groups in Luhansk and Donetsk said they were ready to issue ceasefire orders if the deal was signed as expected.

Residents of the village of Tal Ali in northern Iraq are worried about as many as 70 young people abducted by Islamic State in what might be a revenge attack.  The day before the kidnapping, Islamic State had fled the village fearing an Iraqi military attack that never came.  But during that time, the villagers took down the black IS flag and burned it along with anything the IS fighters had left behind.

Nobel Peace Prize laureates will gather in Cape Town, South Africa next month, but one notable recipient will not be among them.  South Africa’s government is accused of denying an entrance visa to the Dalai Lama out of fear of angering its important new trading partner China.

North London police are interrogating a 25-year old man about a broad-daylight machete attack on an elderly woman outside to tend to her garden.  Armed officers cornered him in a house and brought him down with a Taser stun gun. Some officers were injured.