Ebola in DRC: WHO Summit Today

A new case of an infected person this week in the city of Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has a population of around one million, means the World Health Organization is meeting today to decide whether to declare the situation an 'international threat'.

China is easing restrictions on imports of a key US cereal crop, as it seeks to prevent a looming trade war with Washington.

The UN Human Rights Council is to hold an emergency meeting on the deadly violence in Gaza earlier this week.