The World Health Organisation is set to announce that Sierra Leone is Ebola-free. It’s as 42 days pass since the last patient to suffer from the virus was discharged. It comes 18 months after Ebola was first reported in the West African nation. Almost 4,000 people there have died as a result of the epidemic, with a further 10,000 suffering from it.
White House denies US requested ceasefire, says new talks may happen in Pakistan
US press secretary Karoline Leavitt has stated that reports that the White House has requested a ceasefire in the Iran war are wrong in a brief on Wednesday, but added that discussions about a second round of talks with the Iranians were ongoing and productive.
Netanyahu: Israel military continues to strike Hezbollah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said on Wednesday the Israeli military continued to strike at Hezbollah and was about to overcome what he described as the militia's stronghold of Bint Jbeil, as pressure mounted for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
US, Iran talks progress towards agreement to end war, Axios reports
The United States and Iran made progress in talks on Tuesday and are moving closer to a framework agreement to end the war, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing two US officials.
US military says strike on vessel in Eastern Pacific kills three
The US military said on Wednesday it struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people, in the Trump administration's latest strikes that have been condemned by human rights advocates.
Russian strikes kill 16 across Ukraine in worst attack this year
Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities overnight, killing 16 people, and wounding scores, in drone and missile strikes, officials said on Thursday.
