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Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Monday warned that Ebola infections were rising sharply in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, urging authorities to expand treatment capacity.

Malaysia's economy is projected to grow 5.1 percent in 2026, an upward revision of 0.7 percentage points following stronger-than-expected activity in the first half, fueled by strong growth in global artificial intelligence (AI)-related activities, the World Bank said on Tuesday.

Three years after the Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza, fighting has largely subsided under a fragile ceasefire. But the hardest questions – who controls the enclave, whether Hamas will disarm, and how Israel will lift restrictions on Palestinian life – remain unresolved.

Three people sustained minor injuries in attacks targeting two airports in southern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said on Tuesday.

Tokyo stocks rose Tuesday, with the Nikkei stock index ending above the 70,000 mark for the first time since early July as optimism about artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related shares lifted investor sentiment.The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 737.12 points, or 1.05

Afghanistan's western Herat province has exported its domestically produced batteries to Arab countries, the provincial government office announced in a statement on Monday.The Green Energy Plus plant has dispatched its fourth consignment of locally manufactured batteries, valued at 2 million U.S.

An ancient pictograph evolving into a Chinese character; a child's mouth forming the sounds of a word; a brush sweeping across paper; and the centuries-old notes of a guqin filling the air...

October 7 marks three years since the conflict began. Gaza is now devastated, with rubble strewn across much of the territory. Nearly 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 174,000 injured, while around 90% of Gaza's civilian infrastructure has been destroyed.