International from Sunday, October 18th, 2026

The United States has resumed providing Ukraine with critical intelligence to help defend against Russian missile strikes after a brief pause, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in comments published on Sunday.

The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to an eighth province, North Ubangi, Congo's public health institute said on Sunday, confirming earlier Reuters reporting.

Pope Leo has pledged on Sunday to slowly resume his usual activities as the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics as he greeted crowds in St. Peter's Square during his first public event since undergoing surgery for lung cancer five days ago.

One person was killed and 15 were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on oil facilities, logistics and data centres in Russia's St Petersburg and the Leningrad region, local authorities said on Sunday.

A truck has driven into a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, leaving a six-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man dead and 10 others hospitalised with traumatic injuries, police said on Saturday.

A Saudi AH-6i helicopter has crashed in Saudi Arabia's Najran region due to a technical malfunction, killing its two crew members, according to Yemen's Saudi-led coalition on Sunday.