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DR Congo Ebola cases pass 9,000 as efforts to curb transmission falter 

13 October 2026

News|Ebola Confirmed Ebola cases have surpassed 9,000 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak, according ...

Majority in US say Trump prioritises personal wealth over all else: Poll 

13 October 2026

Most US adults believe President Donald Trump has placed his personal financial interests and those of his inner circle ...

Gaza’s Yellow Line advances, leaving displaced families with nowhere to go 

13 October 2026

Shujayea, Gaza Strip – Mahmoud Harzeen is pitching a tent about 200 metres from the yellow concrete blocks marking Isr...

Cholera cases surge in Yemen as conflict intensifies, WHO says 

13 October 2026

News|Humanitarian Crises Suspected cholera cases in Yemen have tripled in the past three weeks, the World Health Organiz...

China sentences three people to death for running Myanmar scam centres 

13 October 2026

News|Crime A court in eastern China has sentenced three members of a criminal gang to death for operating a network of s...

Houthis threaten Saudi Arabia’s Aramco facilities and airports 

13 October 2026

Yemen’s Houthis have warned all employees and civilians near Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities to evacuate, calling the ...

Sweden’s centre-left leader fails in second bid to form government 

13 October 2026

News|Elections The leader of Sweden’s left-wing Social Democratic Party, Magdalena Andersson, has said her efforts to ...

UK spy chief says Iran is stepping up targeting of military bases 

13 October 2026

The head of the United Kingdom’s domestic spy agency has said Iran is ramping up attempts to strike sensitive military...

Why has search of Ilhan Omar’s home before US midterms caused controversy? 

13 October 2026

United States federal agents have searched the Washington, DC home of Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Muslim and ...

‘Block, blunt, break’: What’s in NATO’s new Russia war plan? 

13 October 2026

NATO’s top general has unveiled a new war plan for countering a Russian attack on members of the alliance, embedding l...