TURKEY MINE DISASTER

ISTANBUL - Rescue workers have been pumping water out of a coal mine in southern Turkey all night as relatives wait anxiously nearby after surging waters trapped 18 Turkish miners deep underground. 

EBOLA-WHO

GENEVA - The World Health Organization gives an update on Ebola control efforts in West Africa. 

BRITAIN-WWII FLOOD HERO

LONDON - Every day, boats full of tourists and commuters float by a pale patch on the wall that lines the River Thames near Britain's Houses of Parliament. Few notice the concrete mark, or recognize it as evidence of how close London came to drowning during World War II. It is a piece of hidden history that has been uncovered by a team of professional and amateur archaeologists. 

RUSSIA UKRAINE GAS

BRUSSELS - With winter rapidly closing in on Ukraine, the European Union is hosting another meeting between Moscow and Kiev in an attempt to make sure that Russian gas will continue to flow to Ukraine and, by extension, the EU. 

BELGIUM-FOOD-TRUCKS

ANTWERP, Belgium - One sells a cheeseburger whose patty is 100 percent cheese, another sells meatballs the size of baseballs and a third tempts palates with insects on a skewer. Belgium takes its food seriously - and adventurously - so when the American-style food trucks rolled in, there was little doubt the result would be a bit different. 

GERMANY-ATTRACTIVE ARMY

BERLIN - Germany is moving ahead with plans to make service in the military more attractive with a raft of new measures including better pay for some specialists and more flexibility for service members with families. Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet signed off Wednesday on 22 measures costing some 300 million euros ($380 million) annually. 

GERMANY-EARNS-DEUTSCHE BANK

FRANKFURT, Germany - Deutsche Bank lost 92 million euros ($116 million) in the third quarter as the bank faced ongoing financial burdens from lawsuits, new regulations and its effort to shed risky past investments. Germany's biggest bank also said Wednesday that it would move its chief financial officer, Stefan Krause, to a new job in charge of strategy and replace him with a Goldman Sachs executive. 

VATICAN-EBOLA

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has praised the "heroic" response by doctors, nurses and volunteers helping contain the Ebola epidemic and has urged renewed international efforts to defeat the virus. Francis also asked for prayers for the victims during his Wednesday general audience, noting that Ebola is striking parts of Africa where some of the world's most disadvantaged already live.