NYTIMES (Ruth Maclean and Justin Makangara) - For Rebels in Congo, Ebola Could Help Strengthen Their Rule
A violent militia that controls large swaths of Congolese territory in the east may use the virus to try to bolster its authority.
NPR (Emily Feng) - The foreign fighters who helped topple Assad — and why China worries about them
Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR spent weeks with some of them to understand why they fled China for Syria.
STRIPES (Seth Robson) - US embassy warns Americans in the Philippines after deadly rebel clashes | Stars and Stripes
U.S. State Department warns Americans in parts of the Philippines to avoid armed groups after deadly clashes with communist rebels.