Surgeon with Ebola treated in US
A surgeon from Sierra Leone, who is critically ill with Ebola, arrives in the US where he is being treated at an isolation unit in Nebraska. BBC News – Africa
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US hostage Kassig ‘killed by IS’
A video released onto the internet claims to show that Islamic State militants have killed the captured US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig. BBC News – US & Canada
Oil price falls ‘set to continue’
Oil prices are likely to continue falling well into 2015, the International Energy Agency forecasts. BBC News – Business
Russia says Ukraine monitors biased
The Russian foreign ministry accuses international monitors in conflict-racked eastern Ukraine of bias towards the government. BBC News – Europe
Police arrest 18 in Petrobras raids
Brazilian police have carried out a series of raids and arrested 18 people as part of a corruption investigation into the state-run oil firm Petrobras. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Iraq troops ‘push IS from oil town’
Iraqi forces have driven out Islamic State fighters from the oil refinery town of Baiji, north of Baghdad, officials say. BBC News – Middle East