Here are the top humanitarian headlines today on trust.org:
EBOLA: West Africa's Ebola epidemic is an "extraordinary event" and now constitutes an international health risk, the World Health Organisation says. "The outbreak is moving faster than we can control it," WHO's director-general Margaret Chan says. WHO says that, while all states with Ebola transmission - so far Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone - should declare a national emergency, there should be no general ban on international travel or trade.
- Liberia health system collapsing as Ebola spreads
- U.S. cuts resources for project involved in Ebola battle in Sierra Leone
- Asia on alert with thermal cameras, doctors as Ebola declared global risk
- SPOTLIGHT: Ebola outbreak in West Africa
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip resume rocket fire into Israel after Egyptian-mediated talks in Cairo failed to extend a 72-hour truce in a month-long war.
- ANALYSIS-Palestinian shift may bring war crimes case closer to Israel
- Trapped in Gaza, young people dream of a better life
- SPOTLIGHT: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
IRAQ: U.S. President Barack Obama authorises U.S. air strikes to blunt the onslaught of Islamist militants in northern Iraq and began airdrops of supplies to besieged religious minorities to prevent a "potential act of genocide." Obama, in his most significant response yet to the crisis, says he approved "targeted" use of air power to protect U.S. personnel if Islamic State militants advance further toward Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq, or threaten Americans anywhere in the country.
- U.N. chief, Security Council urge international help for Iraq
- Islamic State surges in N.Iraq, near Kurdistan border
- SPOTLIGHT: Iraq divided and in crisis
WOMEN AND CLIMATE CONFERENCE: Ursula Rakova was born in a tropical paradise but now she is leading the permanent relocation of her 2,000 strong community to mainland Papua New Guinea. "The sea that we love to swim in is now turning against us," she told participants in the first "Summit on Women and Climate" in Bali, Indonesia this week. "Our shorelines are eroding so fast. The food that we normally eat has disappeared. Year in, year out, every day, it is a struggle for my people," she said. "It's frightening. It gives you a feeling of anxiety - what's going to happen next?"
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