* Kobane: IS and Syria Kurds in fierce gun battles Kurdish fighters are engaged in fierce gun battles with Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian border town of Kobane, as US-led coalition air strikes continue.
* China Just Overtook The US As The World's Largest Economy Sorry, America. China just overtook the US to become the world's largest economy, according to the International Monetary Fund.
* In Jerusalem, a glimpse of Newton's apocalypse, smuggled Syrian bibles, Kafka's Hebrew As it pioneers a worldwide initiative to digitize every Hebrew manuscript in existence, Israel's National Library offers a rare and tantalizing sight of its most prized treasures.
* POPE FRANCIS: THE DEVIL WORKS TO DIVIDE CHRISTIANS Divisions among Christians "hurt the Church and they wound Christ," Pope Francis said to tens of thousands of visitors gathered in Saint Peter's Square Wednesday morning.
* 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse seen in Americas and E Asia A total lunar eclipse has been visible across much of the Americas and Asia, resulting in a dramatic "Blood Moon".
* EU set to reassess ties if Israel doesn't move on peace Fed up with settlement expansion, officials in Brussels are working on punitive measures to be implemented as soon as the political leadership wants to do so.
* Rioters hole up in mosque amid fierce Temple Mount melee. Flammable liquid sprayed at police; four officers lightly hurt as masked youths throw Molotov cocktails, stones; 15 protesters arrested.
* US Ebola patient Thomas Duncan dies in hospital The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has died, Texas hospital officials have said.
* GOP Rep: "At Least Ten ISIS Fighters Have Been Caught Coming Across The Mexican Border" Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., says that at least ten fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have been apprehended while attempting to enter the southern U.S. border.
* Kobane: IS and Syria Kurds in fierce gun battles Kurdish fighters are engaged in fierce gun battles with Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian border town of Kobane, as US-led coalition air strikes continue.