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UK identifies new suspected hantavirus case on remote island
08 May 2026Health authorities are monitoring a growing hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship, with a new suspected case ident...
US, Iran clash in Hormuz as war escalates: What happened, why it matters
08 May 2026The United States and Iran have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting fears that the already fragile ceasefi...
FBI’s lack of progress on Israeli killing of journalist ‘troubling’: CPJ
08 May 2026The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has demanded a “public progress update” from United States authorities on...
Rubio meets Pope Leo: Can they heal White House-Vatican rift?
08 May 2026Pope Leo XIV and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on Thursday during the latter’s trip to Rome, with hopes of imp...
Ukraine may have turned tide of Russian territorial gains, says think tank
08 May 2026After slowing Russia’s rate of advance over the past several months, Ukraine may have tipped the scales in April and r...
What we know about Iran’s response to the latest US ceasefire proposal
08 May 2026Iran has said it is reviewing a United States peace proposal that seeks to end the war, even as the two sides exchanged ...
Iran claims to have seized ‘offending’ oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
08 May 2026Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims to have captured an oil tanker, Ocean Koi, in a “special oper...
Italy-US ties strained as pope and Iran war dominate talks
08 May 2026Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has met United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Rome, as tensions grow bet...
Thousands run Palestine Marathon under shadow of Israel’s war on Gaza
08 May 2026The tenth Palestine International Marathon has been run in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, with a parallel rac...
Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae dies aged 86
08 May 2026News|Politics Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae has died at the age of 86, the government has announced, along ...
