A Kenyan court has temporarily blocked the planned opening of an Ebola quarantine center for US nationals. The decision follows a petition by a rights group concerned about the facility's purpose and the US's handling of infected individuals.

A Kenyan court temporarily halted the opening of an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals on Friday following a petition filed by a rights group. The facility was due to open in the east Africa nation on Friday according to US officials, to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is battling a major Ebola outbreak. Washington has defended its criticised decision not to repatriate Americans infected with the virus. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has...