More than 3,000 people have died from Ebola since the most recent -- and deadliest -- outbreak began.
Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat in 2002 when riots broke out between majority Hindus and minority Muslim minority community.
A U.N. $1 billion aid mission hopes to stem the tide at the thousands, but health experts say the toll could reach into the tens of thousands.
"Most of the people who watch Iraq say if ISIS is going to punch, it's going to be in the Baghdad area," a Middle East expert said.
The Norwegian oil giant said it would postpone its Corner project in Alberta, Canada, for at least three years.
"Everybody in their intentions is moving fast, but in the field we are moving at the speed of a turtle," Doctors Without Borders said.
The first African-American to become Attorney General of the U.S. resigned on Thursday.
Natural gas is not the “bridge fuel” to a low-carbon future as many have claimed.
Obama offered an impassioned plea to a meeting of ministers and leaders from around the world to contribute to the Ebola fight.
Under pressure in the north of the country, ISIS fighters have turned their attention south, taking a military base near Baghdad.
The videos of the brutal beheadings of James Foley, Steven Sotloff and David Haines helped rally global opinion against the extremist Islamic State group.
Obama could move to appoint a new attorney general before the midterm elections in November, when Republicans hope to win back the Senate.
"Good riddance, Eric Holder. Your disregard for the Constitution of the United States will not be missed."
Holder, 63, was appointed by President Barack Obama as the nation's first black U.S. attorney general. He steps down amid tensions with Congress.
Developed nations, not emerging economies, should shoulder the burden for climate change action, India says.
Obama, speaking at the UN, asked the world to join together to fight the militants and vowed to keep up military pressure against them.
The secretary of state says the U.S. would pledge $40 million for Syria's opposition groups, part of which will be to boost their ability to govern.
White House officials want to clarify legal justifications for the airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, but definitive answers are hard to come by.
The cost to the U.S. military of bombing ISIS may reach as high as $10 billion.
The resolution requires states to combat terrorism domestically and prevent their citizens from leaving to fight for foreign terrorist groups.
"Who do you think President Obama could appoint at this very day, given the boundaries that we have?" Ginsburg said.
"Russian aggression in Europe recalls the days when large nations trampled small ones in pursuit of territorial ambition,” Obama said
