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Is Congo's Ebola outbreak coming under control?

Four months in, Congo's Ebola outbreak is one of the largest ever recorded. Officials and outside experts can't agree on whether it's finally slowing down.

Americas

One dead as nor'easter storm pummels New York and New Jersey

Tens of millions of people from Maine to Virginia found themselves in the path of the powerful weather system.

Asia

Who is Petal Gahlot? Indian diplomat hits back at Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif at UN

Indian diplomat Petal Gahlot delivered New Delhi's Right of Reply at the UN for the second year running, tearing into Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif over terrorism, Kashmir and Trump's "intervention" claim.

Trump calls Iranian plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz not 'acceptable'

President Trump said he was rejecting an Iranian plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian proposal is similar to a memorandum of understanding agreed upon by the U.S. and Iran back in June.

Americas

US strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats raise humanitarian concerns but Trump admin not wavering

Attorney says fishers ‘losing their livelihoods’, but Marco Rubio maintains US still willing to ‘blow up ships if need be’

Americas

Trump rejects Iranian proposal to open Strait of Hormuz and end fighting

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the Middle East.

Asia

Countries far from conflict paying the price for wars not their own, India tells UN

India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar warned on Saturday that violent conflicts continue to undermine international peace and security, while countries far removed from the battlefield are being forced to pay a heavy price.

Europe

German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims

Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".

China pushes back against U.S. on Iran, Cuba in UN speech

China pushed back against the United States in its speech at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, saying sovereignty of countries in the Gulf should be respected and urging the "relevant country" to stop threatening Cuba and lift its blockade on it.

Middle East

Saudi Arabia warns Gulf security inseparable from global stability amid regional tensions

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister warned on Saturday that escalating threats across the Middle East risked international peace, energy security and global trade, calling for stronger international cooperation to protect Gulf States and vital shipping routes.

Cuba warns against ‘law of the jungle’ as Foreign Minister denounces US pressure

Cuba’s Foreign Minister warned the UN General Assembly on Saturday that escalating military and economic pressure in Latin America and the Caribbean was threatening international law, while accusing the United States of intensifying a decades-long campaign to isolate and weaken his country.

Asia

Bangkok flood videos: Cars stranded as all 50 districts declared disaster

Bangkok has declared a flood disaster across all 50 districts after nearly 300 mm of rain, with roads submerged, canal levels critical, airport routes affected and more rain forecast.

Lavrov issues call for new Eurasian ‘security architecture’

Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, accused Western countries of destabilising the world through “force and double standards” in his address to the UN General Assembly on Saturday, vowing that Moscow's “special military operation” in Ukraine would be “carried through to the end.”

A California homeowner was checking the crawl space beneath his house and discovered the remains of a 29-year-old woman killed in 2006; years later, police arrested her ex-husband

A California homeowner checking the crawl space beneath his house made a disturbing discovery in October 2020 when authorities found unidentified human

Middle East

UN adds 61 firms to settlements blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Palestinians

Israel ‘categorically rejects’ publication and says businesses on database have committed no wrongdoing

Asia

‘Safeguard the postwar order,’ China tells UN General Assembly

China's Vice President, Han Zheng, urged the world to defend the postwar international order on Saturday, telling the UN General Assembly that geopolitical conflicts, widening development gaps and mounting global challenges make multilateralism more urgent than ever.

Middle East

We followed five people in Gaza from dawn to dusk – this is what the headlines don’t tell us

Behind the stories of bombings and mass deaths, the everyday challenges facing Palestinians living under siege portray a quieter tragedy we rarely hear

Month after deadly avalanche, Nepal braces for heavy rain, floods again

Nepal PM Balendra Shah underscored the need for cross-border cooperation to tackle such risks as he spoke about the devastation spreading across the Nepal-China border, with the waters flowing even into India. “Climate change does not recognise borders,” Shah said.

Europe

Rescuers pull 2 unconscious from collapsed building near the Acropolis in Greece

Rescuers are searching for four people after a building collapsed in a blast in Athens' tourist district of Plaka

Athens explosion: Six dead in blast near Acropolis in Plaka district

Four Americans and a Greek national are among those killed in a suspected gas explosion, officials said.

Trump rejects Iran’s 7-day peace proposal, war likely to resume after US polls

Iran is awaiting a US response to its seven-day Hormuz reopening plan after the WSJ reported Trump rejected it, as Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia draw allied defence coordination.

Countries adopt global blueprint to tackle fast-evolving crime in digital age

Countries adopted on Saturday a new global blueprint for tackling rapidly evolving forms of crime, as the UN’s largest gathering on crime prevention and criminal justice opened in Abu Dhabi with a call for stronger international cooperation.

Asia

Shehbaz Sharif’s ‘act of war’ warning over Indus waters at UN; India hits back over terrorism

Indus Waters Treaty: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif told the UN General Assembly that diverting Indus waters would be treated as an act of war, reviving disputed claims on the 2025 conflict and Kashmir as an Indian diplomat looked on in visible disagreement.

Why is it so difficult for Ukraine to take down Russia's jet-powered drones?

Russia's jet-powered drones being used to carry out strikes on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine are often able to evade air defences because they fly at higher altitudes and faster speeds. To stop these new models, faster interceptors are needed, but that technology is still in the trial phase, Ukrainian officials say.