Oil prices set to end week above $100 for first time in nearly 4 months

Sep 12, 2026

New York [US], September 12: Oil prices rose on Friday and both major benchmarks are on track to end the week above $100 a barrel...

Ebola rapidly spreading beyond eastern Congo epicentre: Africa CDC

Sep 12, 2026

Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], September 12: The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record in...

China launches new remote sensing satellite groups

Sep 12, 2026

Beijing [China], September 12: China launched two new groups of remote sensing satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China.

Irregular border crossings into EU fall 35%

Sep 12, 2026

Brussels [Belgium], September 12: The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has announced that detections of irregular crossings at the European Union's external borders...

Mother jailed for injecting infant with insulin released after appeal

Sep 11, 2026

New York [US], September 11: A mother jailed for injecting her non-diabetic infant daughter with insulin, triggering a life-threatening medical episode, has been released from...

Houthis seize Mocha and advance along Red Sea coast

Sep 11, 2026

Tehran [Iran], September 11: Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of Yemen's port city of Mocha on Thursday and advanced down the Red Sea coast ​to strategic...

'Magnitude slowly hit': 9/11 remembered 25 years on

Sep 11, 2026

Washington [US], September 11: What should have been a routine international trip with the prime minister quickly devolved into chaos and the start of a...

Three dead, 30 injured in Russian drone attack on Ukraine's Pavlohrad

Sep 11, 2026

Kiev [Ukraine], September 11: At least three people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on the south-eastern Ukrainian town of Pavlohrad and more...

China sees surge in cross-border passenger trips in first eight months

Sep 11, 2026

Beijing [China], September 11: China's border inspection authorities processed a total of 499 million inbound and outbound passenger trips in the first eight months of...