Another 200,000 Iraqis displaced ... Truce over ... Ebola virus prompts WHO declaration

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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi and Kurdish officials are welcoming the U.S. decision to authorize airdrops of humanitarian aid and airstrikes in northern Iraq to counter advancing Sunni radical militants. A string of victories across the north of the country by the radical group Islamic State and their allies have sent Iraq's minorities fleeing for their lives, exacerbating the country's already-dire humanitarian crisis with another 200,000 people displaced.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian officials say one of Israel's airstrikes this morning hit the backyard of a mosque, killing a 10-year-old boy. Cross-border attacks resumed today following a three-day truce, beginning with rockets from Gaza fired at Israel. The Israeli army says by midday, militants had fired some 33 rockets. It's not clear if the renewed fighting will derail talks in Cairo aimed at ending the violence.

LONDON (AP) — The largest and longest outbreak ever recorded of the Ebola virus has prompted the World Health Organization to declare an international public health emergency. The outbreak in several West African countries has killed more than 930 people.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The aid group Doctors Without Borders says residents in South Sudan living in a U.N. camp because of the fear of violence are enduring conditions that "are an affront to human dignity." The group says residents are knee-deep in sewage-contaminated floodwater and some residents sleep standing up to hold children out of the water. The residents can't leave the camp because of fear they could be killed outside.

SEATTLE (AP) — A formal identification is expected today on a body found in woods in Kitsap County, Washington state. Authorities believe the body found yesterday is that of 6-year-old Jenise Wright, who was last seen in her home Saturday night before she went to bed. The girl's parents waited a day before notifying police because they say their daughter had wandered around their mobile home park before.