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DR Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine as Ebola infections surge
News|Ebola As the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) struggles to manage its largest outbreak of the Ebola virus, it...
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US pummels Cuban economy with new sanctions on mining, construction
The United States has announced another round of economic sanctions against Cuba, this time targeting nine state-owned m...
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Ahmad Hassoun, Assad’s ‘barrel bomb mufti’, faces Damascus court verdict
The verdict in the criminal case against Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, a top Muslim religious figure during former Syrian Pre...
Read moreUS Treasury secretary says new economic measures will ‘collapse’ Iran
20 August 2026United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that a new series of economic measures will “collapse” the I...
University suspends US academic leading Jason Arday plagiarism accusations
20 August 2026News|Racism A Belgian university has suspended an American academic who led accusations of plagiarism against Jason Arda...
Russian paramilitaries in Mali kill nine, including children: HRW
20 August 2026Russian-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 2026A 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 2026News|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 2026News|Politics Federal agents have raided the Washington, DC, home of former US Representative Eric Swalwell amid an inve...
Syria detains policeman over death of White Helmets rescuer hit in custody
20 August 2026A Syrian police officer has been arrested and may be criminally prosecuted after an investigation found that he hit a de...
