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After months of delay due to logistics, the first sets of mpox vaccines have finally arrived in Democratic Republic of the Congo, donated by Western countries. The Central African nation is the epicenter of a new mpox outbreak that led the World Health Organization (WHO) to sound its highest alertContinue Reading

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Soon after Kamala Harris and Donald Trump left the Philadelphia stage following the United States presidential debatemusician Taylor Swift He threw his support behind Harris. Swift posted a picture of herself and her pet cat on Tuesday night with a lengthy caption explaining why she will be voting for DemocratContinue Reading

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The debate between United States Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump started with a handshake and ended with the candidates painting one another as awful leaders who should not be elected. Harris and Trump traded barbs for more than 90 minutes on Tuesday, in a debate thatContinue Reading

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The raids in Islamabad come after major protests in the capital calling for Khan’s release from jail. Police in Pakistan have arrested several legislators and leaders from former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party in a series of raids in Islamabad, according to party officials and authorities. A police spokesperson saidContinue Reading

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Kosovo’s Interior Ministry blamed the closures on ‘masked extremists’ blocking traffic into Serbia. Kosovo has closed two of its four border crossings with Serbia, the government said, after protesters on the Serbian side blocked roads and turned away passengers carrying Kosovo documents. The closures at the Brnjak and Merdare crossingsContinue Reading

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Conservative Michel Barnier promises to uphold some of Macron’s policies while tackling a divided parliament. New French Prime Minister Michel Barnier says he will defend some of President Emmanuel Macron’s policies and toughen the government’s stance on immigration. In his first interview since his nomination, Barnier said on Friday thatContinue Reading

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Warring parties have committed ‘harrowing human rights violations’ that could amount to war crimes, report finds. United Nations-backed human rights experts have called for an “independent and impartial force” in Sudan and the widening of an arms embargo to protect civilians in the escalating conflict. The warring parties had committedContinue Reading

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Palestine open their 2026 World Cup qualifying group stage with a remarkable goalless draw playing South Korea in Seoul. Palestine have held South Korea to a well-deserved, yet surprising, 0-0 draw in their opening Group C match in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. TheContinue Reading