WHO chief heads to 'hardest hit' Ituri as DRC's 17th Ebola outbreak spreads

May 29, 2026

Washington DC [US], May 29: The chief of the United Nations health agency is travelling to Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),...

Hottest year ever recorded set to arrive by 2030, warns UN report

May 29, 2026

Geneva [Switzerland], May 29: Global temperates are likely to hit their highest average level ever within the next four years, according to a report published...

Italy seizes $232m in Mafia assets tied to Cosa Nostra

May 29, 2026

Rome [Italy], May 29: Italian authorities have seized more than $232m in assets linked to the late Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, targeting a network...

At least 13 die in central China highway crash

May 29, 2026

Beijing [China], May 29: At least 13 people were killed after a minibus crashed into a truck on a highway in central China, traffic police...

Rescue teams prepare to free trapped miners from flooded Laos cave

May 29, 2026

Bangkok [Thailand], May 29: Bangkok Rescue teams in Laos continued to work on Thursday to free five gold miners found alive in a flooded cave...

US imposes sanctions on Iran's Strait of Hormuz control agency

May 29, 2026

Washington DC [US], May 29: Washington The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a regulatory body recently established by Tehran to oversee shipping traffic...

Moon base plans revealed as NASA chief says 'grand return' close

May 28, 2026

Washington [US], May 28: US space agency NASA has unveiled far-reaching plans for its first moon base that could see people living and working on...

Defence calls for acquittal at end of Nicolas Sarkozy's Libya case appeal

May 28, 2026

Paris [France], May 28: The lawyers acting for former French president Nicolas Sarkozy urged acquittal at the end of his appeal trial in Paris concerning...

Moscow pressures Armenia with threat to scrap trade agreements

May 28, 2026

Moscow [Russia], May 28: Russia has threatened to revoke preferential supply agreements with Armenia covering gas, oil products and rough diamonds in response to Yerevan's...