Drones target Kurdistan PM's office, senior security official's home

Aug 18, 2026

Erbil [Iraq], August 18: Drones targeted the private office of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the residence of a senior security official near...

Over 2,300 dead in Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak

Aug 18, 2026

Cape Town [South Africa], August 18: The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached 2,325, making...

At least 7 killed in Ukrainian air attacks on Russia

Aug 18, 2026

Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], August 18: At least seven people have been killed and four wounded in Ukrainian missile and drone attacks on Russia.

Pregnant woman among three killed in suspected drug gang shooting in Spain

Aug 18, 2026

Madrid [Spain], August 18: Three people have been shot dead in a suspected revenge attack linked to the drug trade in south-western Spain, the authorities...

Russia's top court confirms exclusion of anti-war party from election

Aug 18, 2026

Moscow [Russia], August 18: Russia's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a decision barring the anti-war Yabloko party from parliamentary elections in September. The court, presided...

UAE shifts healthcare from traditional prevention to early risk detection

Aug 17, 2026

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 17: The UAE healthcare system is moving towards a more proactive model in which prevention, early detection and health risk sensing...

Hawaii's Big Island faces first direct hurricane strike in 155 years

Aug 17, 2026

Washington [US], August 17: Hawaii's Big Island faced the threat of its first direct hurricane strike in 155 years as Hurricane Lala moved across the...

Zimbabwe ferry disaster death toll rises to 84

Aug 17, 2026

Harare [Zimbabwe], August 17: The death toll from the sinking of an overcrowded ferry on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has risen to more than 84.

Shifting winds hamper efforts to contain wildfire in eastern Belgium

Aug 17, 2026

Brussels [Belgium], August 17: Firefighting teams continued battling a major wildfire in eastern Belgium on Sunday evening after it burned around 3,000 hectares of land...