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Jolted by Ebola, Countries Try Again to Finish Pandemic Treaty

World Posters for Ebola prevention are displayed at the hospital in Mongbwalu, Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, 26 June 2026. (EPA)

Jolted by Ebola, Countries Try Again to Finish Pandemic Treaty

WHO member states kicked off one more attempt at finalizing the missing piece of the pandemic treaty on Monday, with the Ebola outbreak injecting a fresh sense…

World FILE PHOTO: A general view of the cityscape of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

HRW: Ethiopia's Tigray Forcibly Recruiting Children for War

Authorities in Ethiopia's Tigray region have been abducting and forcibly recruiting children as young as 15 as it prepares for renewed conflict with the…

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World Children wade in the water with cargo ships at anchor in the background and a fisherman nearby, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Fleet of 10 Japan-related Ships Exit Hormuz, Data Shows

A fleet of 10 Japan-linked vessels was exiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, shipping data on LSEG showed, after the ships were stranded in the Gulf for…

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World At La Esperanza cemetery in La Guaira, gravediggers buried more than 150 bodies still unidentified since the earthquakes. Miguel MEDINA / AFP

As Venezuela Quake Deaths Pass 3,000, Attention Turns to Mourning, Burials

Deaths from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes rose to at least 3,342 on Sunday as officials began to bury dozens of bodies left unidentified 11 days…

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World Floodwater flows down the side of a ramp at a construction site, amid heavy rain brought by Typhoon Maysak, in Guigang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, in this still image obtained from social media video. (Social Media/via Reuters)

China’s Nanning on Top Alert as Typhoon Maysak Triggers Reservoir Breach

Nanning, capital of China's southwestern Guangxi region, raised its flood control response to the highest level as rivers and reservoirs swelled with the…


World A firefighting helicopter battles a wildfire near Calonge, Spain, July 3, 2026. REUTERS/Bruna Casas

Thousands Flee Raging Wildfires in Southern Europe

Wildfires raged across southern Europe on Monday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting officials to ban spectators from a stage of…

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World A military band conductor leads during a ceremony to mark the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China Test-launches Ballistic Missile from Submarine in South Pacific

China’s military test-launched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific. The missile was…

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World A hotel staff member removes water that leaked into a building during heavy rain brought by Super Typhoon Bavi in Guam on July 6, 2026. (AFP)

‘Major’ Damage as Super Typhoon Hits US Islands

A "super typhoon" with the force of a category-five hurricane tore through the US Pacific territories of Northern Marianas and Guam on Monday, with authorities…

World Rescuers carry the body of a resident found under debris inside an apartment building, which was hit during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 6, 2026. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Russian Attack on Kyiv Kills 9, Hits Apartment Buildings

Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv early on Monday, killing at least nine people and heavily damaging apartment blocks and other buildings, officials said…

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World Iranians take part in a mass prayer for late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a farewell ceremony ahead of his funeral at the grand Mosallah mosque in Tehran, Iran, 05 July 2026. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH

Iran Begins a Procession Through Tehran for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's Funeral

Iran began a procession Monday through its capital, Tehran, for the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Khamenei's flag-draped coffin, and those…

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World 04 July 2026, India, Mumbai: A driver pushes his auto rickshaw (L) on a flooded street after a heavy rain in Mumbai. Photo: Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Six Killed in India's Mumbai as Rains Wreak Havoc, Disrupt Travel

At least six people including five children were killed when a group of buildings collapsed in the eastern suburbs of India's Mumbai on Sunday, the latest…

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World Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) shakes hands with Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (R) before a bilateral meeting at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva on July 6, 2026. (Photo by Leon LORD / AFP)

Australia Signs Defense Alliance with Fiji to Outmaneuver China

Australia and Fiji signed a major defense treaty on Monday, bolstering ties as Canberra seeks to outmaneuver China in the South Pacific. The Ocean of Peace…

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World Servicemen of the consolidated Brigade "Khyzhak" of the Ukrainian Patrol Police Department walk near a destroyed apartment building as they take part in a mission to protect a road from Russian drones between frontline towns of Druzhkivka and Kostiantynivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 24, 2026. (Reuters)

Russia Says Ukraine Rejects Local Ceasefire for Handover of Soldiers’ Bodies

Ukraine ‌has refused to halt shelling of the town of Kostiantynivka in the east of the country to allow Russia to hand over the bodies of fallen Ukrainian…

World TOPSHOT - The sun rises by the Eiffel Tower and the Sacre Coeur Basilica ontop of the Montmartre hill in Paris on July 1, 2025, as the city is on red alert for high temperatures, with the top of the Eiffel Tower shut, polluting traffic banned and speed restrictions in place as a searing heatwave gripped Europe.  (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)

Infernos Devastate Forests as Europe's Temperatures Rise Again

Hundreds of firefighters battled forest infernos in France, Spain and Portugal on Sunday as temperatures rose again in heatwave-scarred Europe. The latest…

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World People watch waves crashing against the shore as Tropical Storm Maysak approaches in Boao, Qionghai, Hainan province, China, July 3, 2026. (cnsphoto via Reuters)

Heavy Rains Leave 5 Dead in China’s North While Tropical Storm Maysak Hits the South and Vietnam

Heavy rains have left five people dead in northern China while a tropical storm toppled trees and submerged cars in the nation's south, state media reported…

World NEW YORK - JULY 04: Police patrol the boardwalk at Coney Island in Brooklyn on July 04, 2026, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

At Least Eight Shot, Including Four Children, in New York

At least eight people, including four children, were shot and injured late on the US Independence Day holiday in New York City's Coney Island neighborhood, ABC…

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World File photo: This handout satellite image courtesy of 2026 Vantor taken on June 22, 2026 and made available on June 23, 2026, shows smoke generators on Crimea Bridge, also called Kerch Strait Bridge, which spans the Kerch Strait, in Kerch. (Photo by Handout / Satellite image 2026 Vantor / AFP)

1 Killed in Attack on Crimea as Putin and Zelenskyy Hold Separate Trump Calls

One person was killed in a Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied Crimea, Moscow-installed officials said in the early hours of Sunday, as Russian and Ukrainian…

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World A mural of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the day mourners attend a public farewell ceremony to pay their respects to Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and US airstrikes, at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2026. (Reuters)

Three Sons of Iran’s Slain Leader Khamenei Appear at Funeral, Not His Successor

Three sons of slain Iranian leader Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin and those of four other family members on Sunday, but Mojtaba, the son who has…

World The drills come about two months after Russia's President Vladimir Putin visited China. (Reuters file)

China, Russia to Hold Joint Naval Drills

China and Russia will hold their annual joint naval exercises this month and conduct patrols in unspecified areas of the Pacific Ocean, Beijing's defense…

World  Turkey and NATO flags wave ahead of the NATO summit, in Ankara, Türkiye, July 4, 2026. (Reuters)

Türkiye Eyes F110 Fighter Jet Engines as Trump Comes to Town

US President Donald Trump's visit to Ankara for the NATO summit could help secure Türkiye's acquisition of dozens of fighter jet engines, but won't resolve the…

World  A drone view shows heavy machinery being used at the site of a damaged buildings in the aftermath of the June 24 earthquakes, in La Guaira, Venezuela, July 4, 2026. (Reuters)

Venezuela Quake Death Toll Rises to Nearly 3,000

Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes killed nearly 3,000, updated official figures showed on Saturday, as international rescue teams began winding down…

World Chinese President and Secretary General of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping applauds during the celebration of the 105th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, in Beijing, China, 01 July 2026. (EPA)

Xi Says Ready to Work with Kim for ‘Stable’ China-N. Korea Ties

China's President Xi Jinping said he was ready to work with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to steer their bilateral relationship toward "long-term, sound and…

World People in Guam and the Northern Marianas moved to emergency evacuation centers and made last-minute preparations hours before Super Typhoon Bavi was projected to bulldoze through the US Pacific territories. Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP

'Very Dangerous' Super Typhoon nears US Pacific Islands

People in Guam and the Northern Marianas moved to emergency evacuation centers and made last-minute preparations on Sunday, hours before a "super typhoon" was…

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World North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes an assessment of the newly built naval destroyer Kang Kon's combat systems, including the test firing of a strategic cruise missile, at an unknown location in North Korea, July 3, 2026, in this picture released July 5, 2026 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. (KCNA via Reuters)

North Korea’s Kim Oversees Latest Naval Weapons Tests

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw weapons tests this week of the 5,000-ton destroyer Kang Kon, including cruise missile launches and "electronic warfare…

World Fireworks light up the DC Skyline as seen from the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 04 July 2026. (EPA)

Trump Mixes Patriotism with Partisanship as He Celebrates America’s ‘Joyous’ 250th Anniversary

President Donald Trump mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals on Saturday as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American independence, a moment…

World Mourners gather at the Grand Mosalla to pay their final respects to Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the start of his funeral ceremonies in Tehran on July 4, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) /

Calls for Revenge as Senior Iranian Officials Appear in Public for Supreme Leader’s Funeral

Iran's top officials and brothers of the new supreme leader emerged into public view Sunday to attend funeral prayers for Ali Khamenei. Their appearance…

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World FILE - US President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Trump Offers to Help Putin Find Deal with Ukraine, Also Speaks with Zelenskiy

US President Donald Trump, speaking to Russian leader Vladimir Putin by telephone for nearly 90 minutes, offered to help find a solution to the Ukraine war,…

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World FILE PHOTO: Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw/File Photo

Türkiye's Erdogan Says Israel Must Not Scupper US-Iran Deal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Middle East peace efforts could not succeed without regional backing and that Israel must not be…

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World A general view shows traffic moving along a main road in Bamako on July 4, 2026. (Photo by AFP)

Mali: Insurgents Stage Attacks on Army, Russian Fighters

Insurgents in Mali staged attacks in five locations early on Saturday, including a northern town where government and Russian fighters are based and a town…

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