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DR Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages as deaths surpass 1,800 

06 August 2026

News|Ebola Dozens of Congolese health workers at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak have gone on strike to demand paymen...

Hormuz deal ‘close’: What’s the latest on each side’s positions? 

06 August 2026

Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “on the verge of being finalised” after both countries ...

Cambridge professor Jason Arday quits amid plagiarism allegations 

06 August 2026

Jason Arday has resigned from his post as professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge, following the announcem...

Who was Cesar Gastelum, Mexican TikToker shot dead mid-livestream? 

06 August 2026

A popular Mexican TikTok influencer has been shot dead by men on a motorbike near the northern city of Culiacan while he...

Sheikh Hasina vows to return, but will Bangladesh accept fugitive ex-PM? 

06 August 2026

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Two years after she was ousted and forced to flee to India following a student-led uprising, forme...

US-Israel war on Iran upends Europe’s summer holiday travel patterns 

06 August 2026

London, United Kingdom – Nadia Waleed had set off from London with her husband and three daughters for a holiday in Ba...

Sudan war threatens ancient Meroe pyramids, a UNESCO Heritage Site 

06 August 2026

Sudan’s war is endangering the ancient pyramids of Meroe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as fighting and a lack of secu...

What to know about this week’s US primary elections in Tennessee and Hawaii 

06 August 2026

Voters in Tennessee and Hawaii are headed to the polls for another key round of midterm primaries, where they will choo...

Russian strikes kill six in Ukraine as Moscow intercepts hundreds of drones 

06 August 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Russian strikes on eastern Ukraine have killed at least six people overnight, local authorities ...

Colombia minister warns of ‘terrorism’ threat at presidential inauguration 

05 August 2026

News|Conflict Colombia’s outgoing defence minister has warned of a heightened risk of “terrorism” ahead of Friday�...