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President Barack Obama opposed a travel ban from West Africa, even as the Ebola virus spread to the last unaffected district in Sierra Leone.

Up to 4,000 troops have been authorized, but not yet called up, to be sent to West Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic.

Does Ebola warrant a travel ban from West Africa? Depends who you ask.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes that a travel ban might further worsen the Ebola epidemic.

A majority of Americans think the U.S. should ban all flights from countries fighting Ebola, but the fears may be overblown.

Many airlines don't want to fly to West Africa, but experts say that actually is helping to spread Ebola, not contain it.

Infighting between Islamist militias, which control parts of Libya, has raised fears of the violence spilling into neighboring countries.

The Afghan attorney general's office said Matthew Rosenberg has been uncooperative with an investigation into his reporting.

Three North Korean officers of the Chong Chon Gang were released by a Panamanian court Friday.

Domestic critics of President Barack Obama's decision say the men could return to the battlefield in Afghanistan.

The sanctions would include an international asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.

After a mysterious tanker tried exporting Libyan oil from a rebel-held port, the U.N. passed a new resolution to condemn the illegal trade activity.

Any sanctions that the U.N. might place on al-Nusra would freeze their assets, prohibit transfers of arms, and subject members to a travel ban

Following the recent military coup, the West African regional bloc suspended Mali from participation and threatens the use of force to restore the constitutional government.

The wife of Syria's leader, Asma al-Assad, will suffer sanctions from the EU, including a travel ban to Europe and an asset freeze.

Chevron, before a recent leak off Brazil, was blamed for spilling about 3,000 barrels of oil last November. The detention of the foreign executives raises questions about Brazil's willingness to pursue offshore drilling.

The lifting of a travel ban on seven Americans in Egypt eases some of the nascent tension between Cairo and the Washington D.C. This has been the worst diplomatic crisis between the two nations in three decades, aggravated by a recent context of unease in diplomatic relations between Egypt and the West.

The activists are all accused of obtaining foreign funds without the proper approval of Egyptian authorities and carrying out political activities unrelated to their work.

The announcement came as the European Union imposed further sanctions on Syria, including freezing assets and banning travel by Syrians closely linked to Assad.

As Syrians head to the polls, the European Union imposed a new set of sanctions on Monday in an attempt to get President Bashar al-Assad to call off his assault on the city of Homs and on opposition protestors.

Unfazed by the U.S.' threat to cut aid, Egypt determined to continue its investigation into foreign non-governmental organizations and pro-democracy groups.