WHO says the EU and WHO are stepping up action to respond to an Ebola outbreak.

Israel's defense minister Katz said if attacks on northern Israel resume, Israel will strike suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, and that the United States has "approved" the policy to target those suburbs.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) warned foreign intelligence services are using mobile communication devices to support sabotage and advised against discussing classified information on or near mobile devices, saying conversations could be accessed by third parties and consequences could be irreversible. The FSB said it uncovered an operation in which a foreign intelligence service used malware-infected smartphones to obtain information from a senior Russian official.