Chikungunya: Everything we know about deadly virus spreading through China
The chikungunya virus, which is spread by mosquitoes, is rarely fatal but has seen a surge in cases in China after an imported case was detected in Foshan city earlier…
Mum of Israeli hostage Evyatar David delivers blistering message to Hamas apologists
Since Hamas released a video on Saturday which showed Evyatar David looking skeletal and hollow-eyed in a dimly lit Gaza tunnel, Keir Starmer has stressed the hostages must be released…
Gaza: Security Council meets on hostage crisis amid ‘unbearable’ conditions facing Palestinian civilians
Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča briefed a Security Council meeting on Tuesday called by Israel to discuss the plight of hostages still being held in the war-ravaged enclave. It comes after…
Missing Michele Ann Joy Bourda ‘often swims in cold water and goes on hours-long hikes’
Michele Ann Joy Bourda disappeared after swimming at Ofrynio beach in Kavala in Greece at around noon on Friday – and now authorities are concerned for the tourist 23:45, 05…
Chilling moment flash flood wipes out town leaving least 4 dead and 50 missing
Flash floods swept away homes and shops in northern India, killing at least four people and leaving many others trapped under debris. Floodwaters surged into a mountain village 21:31, 05…
Police shame British drugs mules by making them pose for photos with suitcases
Tihaise Darlin Elisha, 19, and Taylor Tamara Simone, 21, have been sentenced to nine years behind bars in a Zimbabwean prison after being caught with 53 packets of cannabis in…
A Famous Palestinian Activist Killed in the Occupied West Bank
A photo of Palestinian activist Awdah Al Hathaleen, who witnesses say was killed by an Israeli settler, hangs in the entrance to his home in the village of Umm al-Khair,…
Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone
It is a grim milestone for Sudan, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. But with insufficient funding, lack of access to key regions and intensifying violence, milestones like this have become…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Israel calls for focus on Gaza hostages’ plight
© UNRWA Destruction in northern Gaza. Tuesday, August 05, 2025 UN News The Security Council is meeting to discuss rising concern in Israel and elsewhere over the dire conditions facing…
World News in Brief: Child deaths in Pakistan, Ukrainian rail station attack, new UN-India development partnership
The children picked up the unexploded ordnance in a nearby field, mistaking it for a toy, and brought it back to their village where it later detonated, UNICEF said. The…