Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, with the capital city of Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault. This is the first major bombardment since an air attack on Kyiv left at least 21 people dead last month. The attack comes as the United Nations…
The Israeli military says its air force has carried out its “most powerful strike” in Yemen in response to the Houthi movement’s repeated drone and missile attacks on Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said dozens of its aircraft bombed targets belonging to the Houthis’ security and intelligence services, and military in the capital Sanaa….
UN agency confirms 48 cases since the outbreak was declared early this month, the first time in three years. Published On 18 Sep 202518 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that 31 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its global cholera statistics for 2024, showing an increase in both the number of people who fell sick and died from the disease. Reported cholera cases rose by 5% and deaths by 50% in 2024 compared to 2023, with more than 6000 people dying from a disease that…
Kinshasa, Congo — Two separate boat accidents this week in northwestern Congo killed at least 193 people and left scores missing, authorities and state media reported Friday. The accidents happened on Wednesday and Thursday, about 150 kilometers apart in the Equateur province. One boat with nearly 500 passengers caught fire and capsized Thursday evening along…
At least 22 Palestinians, including two young children, are among the latest deaths in Israel’s round-the-clock bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, adding to the 72 Palestinians killed over the last 24 hours, medical sources have said. Ten of those who were killed since dawn on Thursday were in Gaza City, where Israeli forces are…
Twenty-four people have been killed and 19 injured in a Russian air strike on a village in eastern Ukraine, local officials say. The victims were “ordinary civilians” collecting their pensions in Yarova, Donetsk region, said President Volodymyr Zelensky. Regional head Vadym Filashkin said emergency services were working at the scene, urging residents to “evacuate to…
Johannesburg — The Minister of Health for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Samuel Roger Kamba, confirmed last week an outbreak of the highly infectious Zaire strain of Ebola virus disease in the country’s Central Kasai Province. He said 16 deaths and 28 suspected cases had been confirmed, including four suspected infections among health care workers. World…
AFP Locals are trying to deal with the aftermath of the disaster A landslide has killed at least 370 people in the remote Marra Mountains in western Sudan, a UN official has told the BBC. Antoine Gérard, the UN’s deputy humanitarian co-ordinator for Sudan, said that it was hard to assess the scale of the…
Cairo — A landslide wiped out a village in Sudan ‘s western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent history, a rebel group controlling the area said late Monday. The tragedy happened Sunday in the Tarasin village in Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains…
