The United States has announced an additional $20 million in funding to strengthen Ebola preparedness and response efforts in Africa, bringing the US Department of State’s direct contribution to the ongoing outbreak to more than $220 million. The funding, unveiled on Wednesday by the US Department of State, is part of a broader international effort to contain the Ebola…
The United States has launched a new wave of military strikes against Iran in retaliation for the downing of a US Army Apache attack helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict between Washington and Tehran. The strikes, carried out on Tuesday evening by the US Central Command (CENTCOM), targeted Iranian air defence…
At least 13 people were killed after a minibus crashed into a truck on a highway in central China, traffic police said on Thursday. The accident occurred in the early hours of the Thursday in Henan province near the city of Nanyang, which has a population of about 9 million people. According to police, the minibus struck the truck…
The driver of a train that collided with a bus in Thailand’s capital, killing eight people, has tested positive for drugs and was charged with reckless driving, police said on Monday. The freight train crashed into the public bus on Saturday afternoon at a busy junction in Bangkok, with the vehicle bursting into flames and 30 people left injured,…
Chinese President Xi Jinping received U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing with military honours on Thursday. Television footage showed the two leaders shaking hands for some time as they greeted each other. Mr Trump exchanged a few words with Xi at the Great Hall of the People in the heart of the Chinese capital. The two leaders then greeted…
An earthquake struck the Iranian capital Tehran late on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The USGS said the magnitude 4.3 quake occurred at 11:46 pm (2016 GMT). Iranian state broadcaster IRIB put the magnitude at 4.6 and said it struck east of the capital in the Pardis area at a depth of around 10 kilometres. There were…
