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Africa’s CDC Says Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Could Be the Worst in History — With No Vaccine and No Cavalry
Africa’s CDC Says Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Could Be the Worst in History — With No Vaccine and No Cavalry The head of Africa’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on June 16, 2026, that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could surpass the 2014–2016 West Africa epidemic — the deadliest…
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Gangs Control 70 Percent of Haiti’s Capital. The UN Is Betting a New Force Can Take It Back.
Gangs Control 70 Percent of Haiti’s Capital. The UN Is Betting a New Force Can Take It Back. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres visited Port-au-Prince on June 17, 2026 — the first visit to Haiti by a sitting U.N. chief in years — as the Viv Ansanm gang federation, designated a foreign terrorist organization by the…
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The U.S. and Iran Just Signed a Deal to End the War — and Its Lebanon Clause Is Already Being Violated
The U.S. and Iran Just Signed a Deal to End the War — and Its Lebanon Clause Is Already Being Violated President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of understanding at the G7 summit in France on June 17, 2026, formally committing the two governments to a framework to end more than…
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UN Secretary-General Flies Into Haiti as 2,300 Die This Year — and the New Foreign Force Faces the Same Old Questions
UN Secretary-General Flies Into Haiti as 2,300 Die This Year — and the New Foreign Force Faces the Same Old Questions U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Port-au-Prince on June 16 for a one-day visit, greeting Chadian troops at a military base as part of a newly deployed Gang Suppression Force. The visit came days…
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G7 Promises Ukraine More Air Defenses — Zelenskyy Left Wondering If the Commitment Will Outlast the Summit
G7 Promises Ukraine More Air Defenses — Zelenskyy Left Wondering If the Commitment Will Outlast the Summit President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on June 16. Zelenskyy’s stated priority was securing additional Patriot air defense missile systems and licenses that would allow…
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First Iranian Tankers Break Through Hormuz, but the Deal They’re Sailing Under Is Already in Dispute
First Iranian Tankers Break Through Hormuz, but the Deal They’re Sailing Under Is Already in Dispute For the first time since a U.S. naval blockade began approximately two months ago, Iranian crude oil is moving through the Strait of Hormuz. The ship-tracking service TankerTrackers confirmed on June 17 using satellite imagery that at least three…
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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Outrunning the Response as Cases Jump Across the Border
Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Outrunning the Response as Cases Jump Across the Border The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of Health reported 782 confirmed Ebola cases and 181 confirmed deaths as of June 14-15, 2026, including 72 new cases logged in a single 24-hour period on Sunday, one of the largest daily jumps since…
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Trump’s Iran Peace Deal Is Cracking Before the Ink Dries as Israel Vows to Stay in Lebanon
Trump’s Iran Peace Deal Is Cracking Before the Ink Dries as Israel Vows to Stay in Lebanon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 15, 2026, that Israeli forces will remain in a roughly 570-square-kilometer buffer zone inside Lebanon “for as long as necessary,” territory that extends beyond the Litani River and beyond Israel’s…
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Norway’s Crown Princess’s Son Gets 4 Years as Royal Rape Verdict Splits Down the Middle
Norway’s Crown Princess’s Son Gets 4 Years as Royal Rape Verdict Splits Down the Middle An Oslo court on Monday, June 15, 2026, sentenced Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, to four years in prison after convicting him on two of four rape charges and acquitting him on the…
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Trump and Iran Shook Hands on a Peace Deal — Nobody Agreed on What They Actually Signed
Trump and Iran Shook Hands on a Peace Deal — Nobody Agreed on What They Actually Signed The United States and Iran reached a framework agreement on June 14, 2026, to formally end the war that began on February 28, 2026, when the US and Israel launched military operations against Iran — a conflict that…