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In response to Trump, Taiwan says it is ‘sovereign and independent’
16 May 2026Following a visit from United States President Donald Trump to China, the island of Taiwan has issued a statement saying...
Can new Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions lead to another border clash?
16 May 2026Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been tense since the Taliban took power in 2021. On Monday, Pakistan sum...
DRC health minister warns ‘very high’ Ebola lethality rate as toll hits 80
16 May 2026At least 80 deaths have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) new Ebola disease outbreak, auth...
UK ex-health minister says will run to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer
16 May 2026Wes Streeting, the former British health secretary who resigned from the government this week, says he will run to repla...
Palestinian President Abbas casts vote in decisive Fatah elections
16 May 2026News|Palestinian Authority Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has cast his ballot in internal Fatah leadership election...
Sudanese army captures key town near Ethiopian border from RSF
16 May 2026News|Sudan war Sudan’s army has recaptured a town in southeastern Blue Nile state, a state that has become a focal poi...
Israeli army kills Palestinian man, raids homes in occupied West Bank
16 May 2026Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in a targeted attack on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palest...
How Thomas Massie came to represent Republican dissent in age of Trump
16 May 2026Since Donald Trump’s rise to the White House a decade ago, the United States president has purged his Republican Party...
Iran warns of readiness for war and economic costs as US talks falter
16 May 2026Tehran, Iran – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran remains ready to resume direct military conflict with the Uni...
Abu-Bilal al-Minuki: ISIL’s shadow commander in West Africa
16 May 2026The presidents of Nigeria and the United States have announced the killing of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, described as the seco...
