Congo's Ebola Outbreak Passed 7,000 Confirmed Cases and 3,475 Deaths
The Bundibugyo virus has reached 62 of 167 health zones in seven provinces four months after it was declared. Africa CDC says a few hot spots in Ituri are finally dipping.
The Bundibugyo virus has reached 62 of 167 health zones in seven provinces four months after it was declared. Africa CDC says a few hot spots in Ituri are finally dipping.

The U.N. sanctions committee denied Austria's request to exempt Mohammad Eslami from the travel ban that snapped back last year. Tehran called it 'a serious breach' of its rights and summoned Austria's envoy; Russia said Vienna 'grossly violated' its duties as host.

With the United States still taking about 72% of Canadian exports and 50% Trump tariffs in place, Ottawa is exploring a status that does not yet exist. Germany's Friedrich Merz floated the same 'associate member' idea for Ukraine earlier this year.

Iran's briefing for Gulf foreign ministers on how it plans to manage Hormuz shipping was called off hours later. Oman said the delay was 'in the interests of consensus.' Trump said the war will end 'right after the midterms.'

The energy minister blamed the U.S.-Iran war and said the increase is temporary. Syria pumps about 102,000 barrels a day and burns 325,000. Monitors say security forces fired live rounds to clear at least one road.
The Virgo Transport 8 was floating upside down when search aircraft found it. Its captain had reported 10-foot waves and a list minutes before contact was lost.

Magdalena Andersson's four-party opposition holds a hair-thin lead over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's right-wing bloc. In 2022 an exit poll showed the same thing, and the right won.

Prosecutors say 162 suspects, nine associations and 13 businesses are under investigation across 15 provinces. Dozens of websites were blocked, and the EU's Turkey rapporteur called it 'a shocking escalation.'
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wants to bring the Sweden Democrats into government for the first time. The last polls put Magdalena Andersson's center-left bloc narrowly ahead, 50.8% to 47.6%, with the gap closing.

The MV June Aster caught fire Wednesday evening off Coron with 134 people aboard. Survivors told investigators they heard two explosions just before the smoke started. Only 43 people are confirmed alive.

Three weeks before the first round of the presidential election, Lula's main challenger is under investigation for corruption, money laundering and tax evasion over 61 million reais tied to an unreleased film called 'The Dark Horse.'
Speaking at the BRICS summit in India, the Russian president drew a red line around a European peacekeeping force while insisting Moscow poses 'no such threat' to Europe. Overnight attacks hit Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Kramatorsk.
Government forces withdrew from the island that splits the Bab el-Mandeb into two shipping lanes, ending an 18-hour blitz that also took Zuqar, Dhubab and Murad. Oil is above $100 and U.S. diesel hit a record $6.05.
French police say a piece of rail found on the line at Cléon was 'probably' what derailed Friday evening's regional train, and a malicious act is now the main line of inquiry. An 18-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital in critical condition.

The East-West pipeline that let the kingdom pump more than 5 million barrels a day to the Red Sea is closed after a drone attack traced to Iraqi territory, while the Houthis now hold every island in the Bab el-Mandeb and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is pressing Trump to strike them.
India pushed a consensus text through an 11-member bloc that includes both Iran and the UAE, then sat down with China's president for the first bilateral on Indian soil since the 2020 Galwan clash. Putin arrived a night earlier and denounced 'ugly' Western trade tactics.

Government forces called their retreat a 'tactical withdrawal.' Bab al-Mandeb is 18 miles wide at its narrowest, and one analyst says artillery alone could close it.
WatchA second strike minutes later killed a paramedic in his car. Lebanon's Health Ministry counted 11 wounded, four of them children.

The Tata-owned carmaker is chasing £1.7 billion in savings over two years and says it can break even at 300,000 vehicles. Britain's business minister has already ruled out a bailout.
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks sent U.S. troops into Afghanistan, the group they were sent to remove is back in power — and equipped by the country that spent two decades trying to defeat it. Kabul says the weapons are not up for negotiation.
Hundreds of anti-migrant demonstrators in balaclavas shut down access to one of the world's busiest passenger ports on Saturday. Kent Police called the gathering spontaneous; the network that organized it posted a message congratulating supporters for sticking to the plan.
The Pitt Rivers Museum approved the repatriation after a request from the Forum for Naga Reconciliation. One set of remains was left out because its provenance as Naga could not be established.

Prosecutors said the businessman ordered and paid for the 2017 car bomb that killed Malta's best-known investigative journalist. The jury found him not guilty on both counts.

China's leader used a three-day state visit to pitch Beijing as the Middle East's stabilizer while the United States is six months into a war with Iran.
WatchThe two American envoys called Sunday's talks substantive and said they were encouraged. Moscow and Kyiv agreed to stop firing at each other's capitals for the length of the visit, and nothing more.
It was the former Cuban president's first appearance since reports of a grave illness and hospitalization that his government never confirmed. His last public outing was Aug. 13.

Ulrich Siegmund's party more than doubled its 2021 result and left Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats at 18.5% after 24 years running the state. Every other party still refuses to govern with it.

Ukraine's General Staff says the overnight raid also hit an airfield, a radar station and two Pantsir-S1 systems in Rostov Oblast. It came during a pause both sides had agreed to observe over their capitals.
Six Cuban and Afghan nationals landed in Georgetown on Friday under a one-year arrangement run through a U.N. migration agency. Guyana pays nothing for their housing, and none of them are being resettled.

Smoke from fires in Indonesia pushed readings past the level at which Malaysian law allows an emergency. Sarawak is closing 647 schools for five days starting Monday.