Ebola spreads in eastern DRC as Kenya confirms imported case

Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo – The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread to another health zone in the east, while a fatal imported case in Kenya has underscored the risk of cross-border transmission.

‘A Ceuta-style surge is possible’: Border tensions on NATO’s eastern flank

Masked and armed men attempted to cross into Latvia from Belarus alongside 20 undocumented migrants on Monday.

“The (masked) escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to … soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia,” Janis Dombrava, Latvia’s interior minister, said on Tuesday.

Zack Polanski vows to stay on as Green leader as crticism mounts

Zack Polanski has vowed to stay on as Green Party leader after his by-election defeat, as he faced pressure from within his own party to resign.

The leader of the Jewish Greens, Vivien Lichtenstein, said on Friday he "should resign", adding it was a "big mistake" for him to have dodged a debate about a party conference motion that declared Zionism a form of racism.

ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African former UN human rights chief who chaired the UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza.

Labour fends off the Green party in closely watched UK by-election

Sagal Abdi-Wali, who arrived in the UK as child refugee from Somalia, won 3,300 more votes than Zack Polanski, leader of the Greens.

The Labour Party has won an election for a parliamentary seat vacated by former leader Keir Starmer, fending off a challenge from the left-wing Green Party in a boost for the British prime minister.

Leader of Jewish Greens calls for Zack Polanski to resign after byelection loss

The leader of the Jewish Greens has called for Zack Polanski to step down as pressure increases on the Green leader to acknowledge anger within the party over a new policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for the state of Israel to be abolished.

Is Trump signalling a return to war with Iran after the midterms?

United States President Donald Trump has said that he does not intend to bomb Iran again until the November midterm elections, even though several US media outlets have reported that the Pentagon has drawn up plans to relaunch attacks before that vote.

Ex-OpenAI staff say they were fired for raising safety concerns

Three former OpenAI employees say they have been fired due to their efforts to ensure the safety of artificial intelligence.

Safety researchers Mikita Balesni, Tomek Korbak and Jasmine Wang levelled the accusations on Thursday after their dismissals last week. The trio warned of a “chilling” effect on other staff concerned about the frontier technology’s risks.

Manchester City charges: Enzo Maresca says 'titles absolutely not tainted'

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca says the club's titles are "absolutely not" tainted after they were found guilty of the majority of the 115 charges brought against them by the Premier League.

The girls in the Gaza school photograph