US aid worker threatened in IS video
A man described as an American aid worker has appeared in an Islamic State video in which he has his life threatened by a masked militant. BBC News – US & Canada
A man described as an American aid worker has appeared in an Islamic State video in which he has his life threatened by a masked militant. BBC News – US & Canada
As many as 100 people in Texas are being checked for exposure to Ebola after a man was diagnosed in Dallas with the disease, health officials say. BBC News – US & Canada
US President Barack Obama rode in a lift with an armed security contractor who had assault convictions, in another security lapse. BBC News – US & Canada
Police searching for missing student Hannah Graham say there is a forensic link between suspect Jesse Matthew and another unsolved murder case. BBC News – US & Canada
A police officer is shot – reportedly in the arm – in the strife-torn US town of Ferguson, Missouri, but the officer’s condition is unclear. BBC News – US & Canada
The US armed forces head says air strikes are damaging Islamic State in Syria but will not alone defeat it, as jihadists close in on a Kurdish town. BBC News – US & Canada