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Ebola outbreak risks becoming deadliest on record, IRC warns
Health workers wearing protective equipment walk outside the General Referral Hospital during the Ebola outbreak response on May 21, 2026 in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Michel Lunanga/Getty Images) (LONDON) — The New York-based International [Read More…]
Global outcry after Israel security minister posts video appearing to flaunt harsh treatment of detained activists
Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, seen as Israeli Knesset approves dissolution bill in preliminary reading on May 20, 2026 in Jerusalem. (Amir Levy/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Israel’s government is facing a global [Read More…]
US doctor infected with Ebola ‘feels good’ and is able to eat, colleague says
Ebola testing, conceptual image(DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images) (GERMANY) — The American doctor who contracted Ebola and was transferred to Germany is starting to feel better and is able to eat, according to his colleague. Dr. [Read More…]
Xi, Putin condemn ‘treacherous’ strikes, urge US to end Iran war
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on May 20, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov – China Pool/Getty [Read More…]
Maldives officials say they didn’t know divers in fatal expedition intended to explore cave
Water bungalows on Kanuhura island resort at Indian Ocean in Maldives – stock photo (westend61/Getty) (MALDIVES) – -Two investigations, including a culpable homicide probe, have been launched into the deep-water expedition in the Maldives that [Read More…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin lands in Beijing for talks with China’s Xi Jinping
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Contributor/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday ahead of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Putin was welcomed by Chinese officials, including Foreign Minister Wang [Read More…]
Ebola outbreak sees 131 suspected deaths in DRC, officials say
his photo taken on May 17, 2026 shows an exterior view of a hospital that has been designated as an Ebola treatment center in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC. TO GO WITH [Read More…]
Marine scientists discover record number of new species
Burrowing sea anemone from the San Julian Peninsula in Argentina. (The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census/Agustín Garese) (NEW YORK) — Marine scientists have discovered a record number of new species living in the depths of the [Read More…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Beijing for talks with China’s Xi Jinping
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Contributor/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit Beijing this week for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Putin is scheduled to be welcomed at the airport [Read More…]
At least 1 American has tested positive for Ebola: CDC
Healthcare workers receive training on administering the Ebola vaccine in a study carried out with the support of the World Health Organization as part of the fight against the Ebola virus in Kampala, Uganda on [Read More…]
DRC Ebola outbreak affecting ‘small number of Americans,’ CDC says
Healthcare workers receive training on administering the Ebola vaccine in a study carried out with the support of the World Health Organization as part of the fight against the Ebola virus in Kampala, Uganda on [Read More…]
5 dead in scuba diving accident in deep underwater cave in the Maldives: Officials
Boat off the Dhigurah island coastline with its long white sand beach lined with palm trees in the Maldives (@Didier Marti/Getty Images) (MALDIVES) Five Italian nationals, including a mother and her daughter, died while scuba [Read More…]
Russia kills several in Kyiv attack as Zelenskyy urges global response to ‘terror’
The aftermath of Russia’s large-scale combined strike on the morning of May 14, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Danylo Dubchak/Frontliner/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Russian drone and missiles strikes killed at least seven people and [Read More…]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces down Labour Party rebels amid demands he resign
British Prime Minister and Labour leader Keir Starmer speaks to members of the media following local elections at Kingsdown Methodist Church on May 08, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) (LONDON) — [Read More…]
Man arrested in Paris for allegedly planning terror attack with Louvre as potential target
French police officers stand in front of the Louvre Museum after a robbery in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025. Robbers break into the Louvre and flee with jewelry on the morning of October 19, [Read More…]
Brian Hooker’s boat seized by Coast Guard after wife goes overboard in Bahamas: Sources
The Hookers’ boat, “Soulmate,” is seen in Marsh Harbor on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, April 8, 2026. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — The husband of a woman who was reported missing in the [Read More…]
115 people sickened in norovirus outbreak on cruise ship: CDC
Passenger cruise ship Sky Princess leaves the French Mediterranean port of Marseille. (Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (LONDON) — More than 100 people have been sickened in a norovirus outbreak on board a Caribbean [Read More…]
Man with weapon arrested near former Prince Andrew’s home
(NEW YORK) — A man has been arrested for possession of an offensive weapon near the U.K. home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, police said Thursday. The suspect, who was not named, “was arrested on suspicion of [Read More…]
4 phases of the Iran war: Key moments from start of ‘Epic Fury’ to ‘Project Freedom’
President Donald Trump conducts a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (LONDON) — With the war in [Read More…]
Dozens of Ukrainian drones target Moscow, mayor says, amid overnight attack on Russia
A man with extinguisher extinguishes a fire on car in the city center after Russian aerial attack on May 5, 2026 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. (Photo by Oleksandr Magula/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) [Read More…]