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Were there a real President occupying the White House, the United States would bring to bear the full power of its capabilities to battle the Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa. He or she would treat the emergency “as if we were being invaded by a foreign foe,” as President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his first inaugural speech in March 1933 with regard to the economic emergency. Roosevelt did, indeed, fully mobilize the nation to, first, meet the economic emergency, and then the war emergency that followed in the late 1930s. The first task was to determine what physically needed to be done to respond to the emergency, and then to mobilize the productive capabilities of the nation to meet those requirements, in concert with allied nations, where possible.

British and U.S. soldiers have formally marked the end of combat operations in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province by handing control of the country's largest military base to Afghan forces.

The October plenary saw the new European Commission led byJean-Claude Juncker receive the Parliament's approval to start its five-year term, while outgoing president José Manuel Barroso gave his farewell speech to MEPs. The Parliament also voted against cuts proposed by EU governments to the EU's budget for next year, as MEPs want to preserve spending for growth and jobs. Meanwhile Denis Mukwege, who helps the victims of sexual violence, was announced as the 2014 Sakharov prize laureate.

Tunisians are voting Sunday in parliamentary elections seen as pivotal to establishing democracy in the cradle of the Arab Spring uprisings.

Brigadier Rob Thomson, Deputy Commander of Regional Command South West, embraces a senior Afghan official during the End of Operations Ceremony.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Egypt has declared a state of emergency in the northern Sinai after a terrorist attack Friday that killed at least 30 army soldiers. President Abdel Fattah al Sisi declared in a broadcast speech that Egypt is fighting a mortal battle against terrorists, and that the war will be long.

A Ukrainian mother poses with her daughter and a young friend in the room where she lives with her family in a centre for displaced people in Slavyansk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he does not see a desire by the Ukrainian government to settle the conflict in eastern Ukraine through dialogue.

Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi.