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DR Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine as Ebola infections surge 

20 August 2026

News|Ebola As the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) struggles to manage its largest outbreak of the Ebola virus, it...

Russian paramilitaries in Mali kill nine, including children: HRW 

20 August 2026

Russian-controlled paramilitaries in Mali have “summarily killed” nine civilians, including four children, a month a...

First group of US deportees, out of an expected 1,200, arrive in Liberia 

20 August 2026

A first group of deportees, out of an expected total of 1,200, has landed at the Roberts International Airport in Monrov...

Dozens dead after boat capsizes in northwestern Nigeria 

20 August 2026

News|Transport Dozens of people have died when a boat capsized on a river in northwest Nigeria, according to officials a...

FBI raids ex-US Representative Swalwell’s home amid sexual misconduct probe 

20 August 2026

News|Politics Federal agents have raided the Washington, DC, home of former US Representative Eric Swalwell amid an inve...

Bangladesh elects ruling party veteran Alamgir as president 

20 August 2026

News|Elections Members of parliament in Bangladesh have elected ruling party veteran Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the ...

Syria detains policeman over death of White Helmets rescuer hit in custody 

20 August 2026

A Syrian police officer has been arrested and may be criminally prosecuted after an investigation found that he hit a de...

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end 

20 August 2026

South Korea has condemned North Korea’s launch ⁠of more than 10 short-range ballistic missiles, following military d...

Can US, Middle Eastern powers unite Libya 15 years after Gaddafi overthrow? 

20 August 2026

Fifteen years since the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi in Libya began, and with civil strife leading to the downfall o...

Gunmen seize tanker off Yemen amid resurgence of Somali piracy 

20 August 2026

News|Shipping A tanker has been ⁠boarded by six armed people who took ⁠control of the vessel off the coast of Yemen ...