Health Aug 28 Ebola outbreak could affect 20,000 people before it’s over Controlling the epidemic could cost $490 million and will need the help of thousands of local health workers and hundreds of international experts.
World Aug 22 Syrian civil war death toll exceeds 190,000, U.N. reports The United Nations human rights office announced Friday that the number of people killed since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011 has more than doubled, with more than 190,000 people reported killed.
World Aug 12 Photo of boy with head of Syrian soldier sparks outrage A photo of a 7-year-old boy holding up the severed head of a slain Syrian soldier has caused uproar in Australia, home to a convicted terrorist who fled to Syria last year to join the Islamic State terrorist group.
World Aug 07 Russia bans food imports from U.S. and E.U. Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, announced an immediate ban on the import of fruit, vegetable, meat and milk products from the United States, European Union and several other countries during a government meeting on Thursday.
World Jul 29 Hamas denies approval of 24-hour cease-fire in Gaza A senior official of the Palestine Liberation Organisation proposed a 24-hour cease-fire in Gaza on Tuesday that was quickly contradicted by Hamas, the Associated Press reported.
World Jul 24 Syria welcomes new UN envoy as violence continues in the country Syria’s foreign ministry welcomed a newly appointed U.N. peace envoy but demanded he show “objectivity and integrity” while pursuing his mission in the troubled country.
World Jul 23 Chief Ebola doctor contracts the deadly virus The doctor leading the fight against the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has contracted the virus, according to government officials. Sheik Umar Khan has been admitted to a hospital in the Eastern province of Sierra Leone and is…
World Jul 18 Israel prepared to expand ground offensive in Gaza, Netanyahu says Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday that the Israeli military was prepared for “the possibility of widening significantly” its ground offense in Gaza.