The World Health Organization (WHO) chief yesterday voiced concern about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed an estimated 131 people.

The United States said Monday it had approved the sale of more than $4 billion in military helicopters to South Korea, which has vowed to buy more US weapons as it defends against the North.

Russia’s army yesterday began three days of nuclear weapons drills involving thousands of troops across the country, as Kyiv escalates its drone attacks and with President Vladimir Putin headed to China.

Iran’s army yesterday warned it would “open new fronts” against the United States if it resumes attacks, after President Donald Trump said he had held off launching a new offensive in hopes of striking a deal.

US President said he was planning major new assault on Iran, but held off as he saw hope for securing a so far elusive agreement to end the war

No. 2 US diplomat ordered visa for wanted former Polish minister

Settlement creates $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponisation Fund for legal claims

TV footage from a helicopter showed armed response teams gathered outside a building, with one unidentified person lying in a pool of blood

Israel carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon yesterday, Lebanese security sources and the state news agency said, while Hezbollah announced new attacks on Israeli forces, continuing the war in Lebanon despite the extension of a US-backed truce.

Cuba has obtained more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the US base at Guantanamo Bay, US military vessels and possibly even Florida, Axios reported Sunday, citing classified intelligence.

The organisers of a flotilla of aid vessels bound for Gaza said yesterday that Israeli forces had intercepted 10 of their boats and that contact had been lost with a total 23 vessels in the eastern Mediterranean.

Nigeria and the United States have carried out fresh strikes against Islamic State jihadists in northeast Nigeria, the US military said yesterday.

Russia struck the Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Dnipro in missile and drone attacks that damaged residential buildings and injured dozens of people, and Russian officials reported two deaths in Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia.

As night falls over Iran’s sprawling capital, and the snowy peaks of the Alborz mountains fade into the darkness, thousands of Iranians have been routinely taking to the streets for state-sponsored rallies aimed at mobilizing supporters against the United States.

Medical personnel were rushing yesterday to the frontlines of a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo whose late detection and quick spread have alarmed health experts.

Deployment includes 8,000 troops, JF-17 jets, drones, HQ-9 air defence system

Iranian money has kept moving through two digital ledgers during the US and Israeli war against the Islamic Republic

Businesses are grappling with soaring energy prices, fractured supply ‌chains and trade routes severed by Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz

17-year-old daughter among dead; emergency workers search rubble for survivors

Scientists are investigating if a kind of technology, known as the brain-computer interface, could help patients move and communicate better