World·2026-05-17T20:16:14+00:00
Israel kills at least five in Lebanon after ‘ceasefire’ extended
Israeli air attacks in southern and eastern Lebanon have resulted in at least five fatalities and numerous injuries, despite a recently extended ceasefire agreement. The attacks targeted several municipalities, and the Israeli military has issued forced displacement orders to residents in affected areas. Since the conflict resumed on March 2, the Lebanese Health Ministry reports nearly 3,000 deaths and over 9,200 injuries due to Israeli actions across the country.
Al Jazeera
Region·2026-05-18T14:54:34+00:00
At least 100 deaths reported in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo as six Americans exposed
At least 100 deaths have been reported in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 390 cases suspected, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has told the BBC. More than 28,600 people were infected by Ebola during the 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa, the largest outbreak of the virus since its discovery in 1976. Jean Kaseya, director general of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, warned that in the absence of vaccines and effective medicines people should follow public health measures, including the guidance about.
BBC World
World·2026-05-18T14:18:42+00:00
Infectious diseases such as hantavirus and Ebola becoming more frequent and damaging, say experts
Pandemic report warns of growing global threat as health teams in Africa move to contain Ebola outbreak The world is becoming less resilient to outbreaks of infectious diseases, experts have warned, as health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda scramble to contain an outbreak of Ebola. The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) said in a report published on Monday that “as infectious.
The Guardian World
