Ebola Spread Stabilizing In Guinea As Toll Nears 3,000: WHO -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The spread of Ebola seems to have stabilized in Guinea, one of three West African states worst-hit by the disease, but a lack of beds and resistance in affected communities means its advance continues elsewhere, the World Health Organization said.

Underscoring drastic measures being taken to halt the worst outbreak on record of the deadly virus, Sierra Leone put three more districts -- home to over a million people and major mining operations -- under indefinite quarantine.

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MIDDLE EAST

US says ISIL-run oil refineries targeted . US aims to wipe out Isis funding with air strikes on oil wells in Syria .

ISIS frees scores of prisoners in desperate bid to stop American and Arab states' blitz on 'capital' as their oil wells are pounded from the air .

Islamic State overruns Iraqi military base in Anbar .

White House: Turkey to join coalition against ISIS .

Iran's president blames Islamic State rise on US invasion of Iraq .

UN General Assembly: Iranian President Rouhani speech . Rouhani: We have 'historic opportunity' on nuclear negotiations .

Fatah, Hamas agree to unity control in Gaza . 'Breakthrough' in Hamas, Fatah unity talks . Fatah, Hamas agreement to give unity government control over Gaza .

Syrian army overruns town near Damascus .

ASIA

Russia’s NATO envoy: Cooperation with NATO in Afghanistan halted .

Abdullah says he will work with Ghani to 'save Afghanistan '.

Philippine Islamist militants threaten to kill German captives .

Vietnam’s Deputy PM calls for end to US arms embargo .

Rumours over health of North Korean dictator after weeks without public appearance . North Korean leader Kim Jong Un absent from parliament meet .

North Korean threat underscores need for land mine exemption .

American begins sentence of farm work, isolation in North Korea: reports .

Indian PM Narendra Modi prepares for US visi t.

AFRICA

Ebola epidemic kills almost 3,000 — WH O.

Sierra Leone quarantines over one million .

Suspected Islamist militants charged in Ugandan cour t.

Aid, rain save South Sudan from famine, 2015 outlook grim: WFP .

China to send 700 troops to South Sudan to assist U.N. mission .

Egypt denounces Turkish president's comments on Sisi . Egypt blasts Turkish leader Erdogan after U.N. speech .

Ghana and Ivory Coast head to court over sea boundary .

EUROPE

Poroshenko: Ukraine to apply to join EU in 2020. Ukraine leader sees country applying for EU membership 'in 6 years time' .

Kiev has no plans to recognize elections in self-proclaimed republics — Poroshenko . Ukraine's Poroshenko says won't recognize November's separatist election.

Ukrainian leader calls for further financial aid from IMF, the West .

Russian draft law would allow seizure of foreign property .

Russian foreign minister unimpressed with Obama speech . Russia tops ISIS threat, Ebola worst of all? Lavrov puzzled by Obama’s UN speech.

France to pursue Islamic State despite beheading .

France steps up security over terrorism threat .

Cruise ship in rescue bid for 300 Syrian refugees packed on to fishing boat which makes SOS call 50 miles off Cyprus . Cyprus rescue mission for 300 stranded in boat off Paphos .

AMERICAS

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to step down .

U.S. immigration has reached record high .

FBI releases report examining mass shootings . FBI study: Deaths in mass shootings increasing .

Colombian rebels, government publish accords agreed upon so far .

Pope sacks Paraguayan bishop accused of protecting abuser priest .

Venezuela opposition names new head to fight Maduro .

Trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev delayed .

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Iran’s Rouhani blames ‘certain intelligence agencies’ for rise of global extremism .

Khorasan group’s recruiting makes it threat to US, Europe .

Frenchman’s beheading raises fears of wider fight against ISIS .

Khorasan: A terror cell that avoided the spotlight .

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Apple's glitchy Wednesday: Bugs, bendy phone rile users .

Shellshock: 'Deadly serious' new vulnerability found .

Rosneft may back out of Morgan Stanley oil unit deal: sources .