• CNBC Moderators at Republican Presidential Debate Sharply Criticized: 'This Is Why Americans Don't Trust The Media'

  ]Republican presidential candidates and their party leadership sharply criticized CNBC moderators who hosted Wednesday night's debate, and Ted Cruz said the event showed "why the American people don't trust the media".

  

• Two-Thirds of Worlds Population Have Highly Contagious Herpes Virus, WHO Says

  Two-thirds of the world's population under 50 have the highly infectious herpes virus that causes cold sores around the mouth, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in its first estimate of global prevalence of the disease.

  

• Four People Brutally Murdered in Central African Republic Amid Escalating Christian, Muslim Tension

  Four people were killed by mobs in Central African Republic's capital Bangui on Thursday, witnesses said, in escalating religious violence that could threaten a December election.

  

• Air Strikes Hit At LEast 12 Hospitals in Syria in Past Weeks, Doctors Without Borders Says

  Air strikes in northern Syria have hit at least 12 hospitals in recent weeks, killing at least 35 patients and medical staff in a new escalation of fighting, international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Thursday.

  

• Africa Puts Security Hopes in Foreign-Funded, Home-Grown Strike Force

  Backed by tanks, armored vehicles and plenty of EU cash, thousands of African soldiers took on an imaginary enemy in the arid heart of South Africa this week, the last joint exercises before a homegrown continental strike force goes live.