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  Ebola's Hidden Link To Gold Mining: Why Scientists Are Raising Alarm In Congo

  Scientists believe Ebola viruses naturally exist in some wild animals, with bats considered one of the likely hosts. 

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  WHO Announces $518-Million Plan To Fight Ebola Outbreak In Africa

  So far there have been 381 confirmed cases in Congo and 62 confirmed deaths, according to Africa CDC. Uganda has recorded 19 cases and two deaths.

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  From The Sahara's Sands, A New And Dangerous Order Is Taking Shape Fast

  The Malian Defence Minister has been assassinated, separatists have 'partnered' with Al Qaeda-linked groups, and a military junta, backed by Russian forces, is working overtime to douse the fires.

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  A New Ebola Strain Is Threatening Fresh Outbreak. What Are Doctors Doing

  This is where the Democratic Republic of Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has erupted in the middle of a grinding conflict that has hollowed out public services and displaced millions.

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  Exclusive: World's Newest Country Is Without Medicine. And It's Getting Worse

  For the people of South Sudan, the destruction of an MSF-run hospital meant the disappearance of the only secondary healthcare facility serving nearly 250,000 people across the region.

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  18 Suspected Ebola Patients Missing After Treatment Tent Set On Fire In Congo

  Another treatment center was burned down after family members were banned from retrieving the body of a local man suspected to have died of Ebola.

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  WHO Africa Head Says Underestimating Ebola Spread Risk Can Be "Big Mistake"

  WHO regional director for Africa Mohamed Yakub Janabi said just one case of Ebola could spread the virus beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

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  India, African Union Postpone New Delhi Summit Amid Ebola Outbreak

  India, African Union Postpone New Delhi Summit Amid Ebola Outbreak

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  Netherlands Returns 1,000-Year-Old Chola-Era Copper Plates To India

  The artefacts, widely referred to in Europe as the 'Leiden Plates', are among the most historically valuable surviving records from the Chola empire. India had been seeking their return since 2012.

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  NDTV Exclusive: A Catastrophe Captured By Satellites, Ignored By The World

  In Darfur, the violence that once mobilised international outrage in the early years of the civil war, has returned in a form many here insist never truly disappeared.

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  Global South Rising, BRICS Not Mere Symbolism: South Africa Minister To NDTV

  On the eve of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' meeting in New Delhi, South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, delivered a sharp and confident message to the world - the Global South is rising.

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  Hantavirus Outbreak On Cruise Ship: A Timeline Of Cases, Deaths And Spread

  More than 140 passengers and crew members are still aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius as it heads for Spain's Canary Islands.

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  Countries Rush To Track Passengers From Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship

  Eight people, including a Swiss citizen, are suspected to have contracted hantavirus, according to the World Health Organisation.

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  Hantavirus Outbreak Kills 3 In Atlantic Cruise Ship : What We Know So Far

  Hantavirus is a rare disease that usually spreads from infected rodents, typically through urine, droppings and saliva.

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  WHO Says Risk To Public Is Low After Hantavirus Cases In Atlantic Ship

  The cruise left Argentina about three weeks ago with around 150 passengers and stopped in the Antarctic and other places on its way to Cape Verde.

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  Boeing Faces New Lawsuit Over 737 MAX Ethiopian Crash Case

  Samya Stumo was killed in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, when she was en route to Kenya for her first assignment with ThinkWell, an NGO.

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  Stripped, Chased, Assaulted: Nigerian 'Rape Festival" Causes Global Outrage

  The incident reportedly took place during the Alue-Do festival, a traditional event associated with prayers and blessings, especially for fertility.

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  Iran Crisis Making Delivery Of Relief Aid To Refugees Costly : UN Agency

  According to UNHCR spokesperson Carlotta Wolf, people in dire need are receiving things that are ready later than when needed,

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  Pirates Hijack Cargo Ship Near Somali Coast: UK Maritime Security

  The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said the incident occurred 6 nautical miles north-east of Garacad, describing it as a hijack.

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  Oil Tanker Hijacked Off Somalia Coast, Taken Into Its Territorial Waters

  The development added to risks for navigating in the Red Sea, which has become a more important supply route given the Iranian stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Gulf, on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula.