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Europe 

Testing and monitoring underway in suspected Russia plague death

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“A woman who worked at the laboratory in Irkutsk oblast has died, and the authorities are looking into whether pneumonic plague caused her death,” WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told reporters in Geneva.   He underscored that her workplace was “an institute that studies dangerous pathogens, including plague, in a part of Siberia where plague occurs naturally in wild animals.”  Highly contagious… Read More
Africa 

‘National emergency’: 24 dead in Kenya bus crash near site of previous fatal accident

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Kenya’s transport safety authority is calling for road crashes to be declared a “national emergency” after 24 people died in a head on collision on the highway linking Nairobi and Mombasa. President Ruto has ordered the inspection of all public service vehicles. At least 24 people have been killed after a bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway.… Read More
Africa 

Brazil’s Lula clinches re-election, Bolsonaro calls to annul vote

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Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pulled off a dramatic comeback on Sunday as he clinched a re-election victory, but his rival Flavio Bolsonaro refused to accept the loss and said he would seek to annul the vote. With Lula’s victory, Brazil staved off a conservative wave that has seen numerous countries – such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia,… Read More
Pacific 

Malaysia: UN agency urges safeguards after refugees returned to Myanmar

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Deportation of Rohingya refugees began on Tuesday, according to reports.  “We are concerned by these returns at a time when people sent back to Myanmar may face serious risks, and some within the group may be in need of international protection,” said UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Edem Wosornu.  No prior access  Although Malaysian authorities said the process was… Read More
Pacific 

Nepal floods threaten jobs and livelihoods beyond disaster zone: ILO

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“The employment consequences of this disaster will not stop at the edge of the flooded area,” said Numan Özcan, ILO Country Director for Nepal.  “Damage to transport links, electricity infrastructure and trade routes can carry the shock through supply chains, markets and connected services, affecting workers and enterprises much farther away.”   Loss and destruction  The catastrophic flooding in late August… Read More
Africa 

DRC: Early access to care and oxygen decisive for Ebola patients’ survival – WHO

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The number of confirmed Ebola cases has passed 8,000 for the first time since the current outbreak began, according to the Congolese authorities.  “While we are beginning to see a reduction in transmission in some areas, the number of cases remains high for this outbreak,” Dr Janet Diaz of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme told reporters in Geneva.  With 8,067 confirmed… Read More
Africa 

Security Council LIVE: DRC peace deals fail to halt fighting as Ebola deepens crisis

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The Security Council met in New York on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Tuesday, where clashes between Government forces and M23 rebels continue in the east, despite a series of peace agreements. Ambassadors focused on ceasefire monitoring, rising tensions between the DRC and Rwanda and the country’s worst Ebola outbreak on record, which has killed more than 3,900 people.  … Read More
Africa 

Iranian president blames United States for failure of interim peace deal

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has blamed Washington for the collapse of talks on an interim deal to end the war with the United States and Israel. Speaking on state television on Saturday, he emphasised that a new attempt should still be made to conclude an agreement. The president has previously said that the US must end its threats against Iran… Read More
Africa 

Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh airport partially resumes flights after Houthi attacks

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Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh partially resumed domestic andinternational flights on Sunday. The announcement comes after a two-week suspension of operations following strikes from Yemen’s Houthis on the Saudi capital. The Flight Radar monitoring site showed a plane taking off from Riyadh airport early Sunday, heading to the Saudi city of Jeddah. Passengers were advised to contact… Read More
Africa 

Somali families face renewed violence amid worsening hunger crisis

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A health facility has also been damaged, according to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and other humanitarian agencies. In the past few weeks, clashes have broken out in Baidoa, the state’s largest city, between Government forces and fighters loyal to the former regional president, who was ousted in March. The army has been seeking to maintain control of the city,… Read More
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