The latest complication in Iraq is PM Nuri al-Malaki's refusal to step down as a new government is being formed after elections and military forces loyal to him are in Baghdad's streets. Israel and Hamas have agreed to another 72-hour cease fire for now, but both sides are very far apart on any sort of lasting peace. Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is ready to begin clinical trials of a vaccine for the Ebola virus, the company announced over the weekend, as the virus advances in West Africa. Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the country's first direct presidential election, allowing him to combine the powers of both offices to build "a new Turkey". Scientists say a new process to create ammonia for fertilizer using just water and air could lead to lower carbon emissions.