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Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies
An elderly woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests over Spain's housing crisis and a political row that triggered early elections has died, according to Madrid's tenants union. Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forc…
Why single Ebola death in Kenya has prompted fears of wider African spread
Kenya reported its first death from a deadly strain of Ebola virus which had spread widely, starting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) earlier this year. The Bundibugyo (BDBV) strain of Ebola was first dete…
Three people killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia airports, officials say
Three people have been killed in attacks on Saudi Arabia airports over two days, authorities said, as flare-up of fighting spilled across the Yemen border into the kingdom. Two people were killed and 28 wounded in an a…
Maiduguri, Nigeria – When Musa Abdullahi Wakawa learned that his wife and seven-year-old son had been abducted, disbelief quickly gave way to fear. Then came …
What we know about Russia’s suspected plague case Russia has dismissed media reports of a second suspected case of pneumonic plague in Siberia, as the World H…
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says one of its posts on the Lebanon-Israel border was targeted by small arms fire, with no casualties rep…
The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman di…
The bacteria that causes bubonic plague. Science Source hide caption The ancient word "plague" is back in the headlines. NPR's Russia correspondent Charles M…
Canada says it will indefinitely suspend plans to expand its medically assisted dying law to people whose sole condition is mental illness, citing a lack of co…
The latest iteration of Saudi Arabia's defense deal with Turkey and Pakistan, the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, is taking shape amid the country's escalating …
As the sky began to lighten over Israel's border with Gaza on Wednesday, the people of Kfar Aza moved silently towards the armoury at the centre of the kibbutz…
The European Commission wants to inject new momentum into its enlargement process , which has seen some candidate countries waiting for decades to join. Alban…
I'm always eager for an excuse to visit the Lahore High Court in the British-built quarters of Pakistan's second-largest city. To me, the high court is a near…
A California pair has been charged with multiple counts of abusing at least 14 surrogate-born children - some as young as two months old - and dissuading a wit…
