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Kenyan health officials take the temperatures of passengers arriving at the Nairobi airport on Thursday. Kenya has no reported cases of Ebola, but it's a transportation hub and so is on alert.

A Virtual Outbreak Offers Hints Of Ebola's Future

8:07pm August 14, 2014

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

As the Ebola outbreak rages in West Africa, it is also unfolding — in a virtual sense — inside the computers of scientists trying to predict how far the outbreak will spread and when it will end.

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Kenyan Health Workers Fear Ebola May Take Flight

6:35pm August 14, 2014

by Gregory Warner

Kenya's international airport is on high alert, since the Kenya Medical Association has called on the national airline to suspend flights due to concerns over the Ebola outbreak.

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An African migrant infant is handed off by a member of the Red Cross to a member of the Spanish coast guard in the port of Tarifa on Tuesday.

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A Surge Of Migrants At The Border ... Of Spain

1:08pm August 14, 2014

by Lauren Frayer

Spain is dealing with its biggest migration crush in decades. More than 1,200 people this week alone have landed on the country's Mediterranean coast in flimsy rafts and boats.

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Northern Iraq Burdened With Military, Humanitarian Crises

8:33am August 14, 2014

Steve Inskeep talks to Tom Bowman about the U.S. thinking on the humanitarian crisis. David Greene gets an assessment of the U.S. military's re-engagement in Iraq from retired Gen. Michael Barbero.

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Liberia Becomes Epicenter Of West Africa Ebola Crisis

8:02am August 14, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Liberia is now the nation reporting the highest number of new cases in the region. It was also a traveler from Liberia who last month carried the Ebola virus to Nigeria and sparked the outbreak there.

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Mideast Tensions Force Arab-Israeli Writer To Leave Jerusalem

7:50am August 14, 2014

Sayed Kashua had assimilated into Israeli society as much as any Arab could. But last month, the Arab-Israeli writer packed up and left Israel. He tells Steve Inskeep why he left Jerusalem.

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Medical Aid Group: Liberia's Ebola Cases Spiral Upward

7:50am August 14, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Doctors Without Borders is preparing to re-open an Ebola isolation unit in Liberia. The country will again have two Ebola treatment centers, but Doctors Without Borders says it is still not enough.

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Israel, Hamas Agree To Cease-Fire Extension

7:50am August 14, 2014

by Jackie Northam

Another temporary cease-fire is in effect between Israel and Hamas. Egypt's foreign minister is leading indirect talks and says the sides have agreed to a five-day extension.

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Hagel Says Rescue Mission At Iraq's Mt. Sinjar Is No Longer Needed

10:32pm August 13, 2014

Fewer Yazidis were on the mountain and they were in better condition than expected, Hagel says. The area has been under siege by militants. Robert Seigel discusses the decision with NPR's David Welna.

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The Omari mosque was badly damaged in the recent fighting in the territory. In the foreground are the remains of Qurans at the mosque, which dates back centuries.

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Gaza's Casualties Of War Include Its Historic Mosques

10:44am August 13, 2014

by Alice Fordham

More than 40 mosques in the Gaza Strip were destroyed or damaged in the recent fighting.

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