WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency after 80 deaths | World | News
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak sweeping across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the highest level of global health alert under international law. The announcement follows a sharp surge in cases linked to the Bundibugyo strain of the More...
Horror fireball erupts after train and bus collide in Bangkok as at least 9 feared dead | World | News
At last nine people are feared to have died and more than a dozen are believed to have been injured in a crash involving a freight train and a public bus. The horror incident happened in Thailand‘s capital, More...
Major hantavirus update as UK makes key move responding to deadly rat disease | World | News
The UK has deployed a rapid response mobile laboratory to the island of St Helena following an outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship, health officials have said. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said More...
Body language expert spots Xi Jinping’s subtle ‘power move’ in Trump handshake | World | News
As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping came face to face outside China’s Great Hall of the People, the pair exchanged a historic handshake, with this opening moment laying bare the nature of their relationship More...
Woman isolating on world’s remotest island as hantavirus fears explode | World | News
The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius is pictured docked in the port of Granadilla de Abona (Image: AFP via Getty Images) A woman is in isolation on the Pitcairn Islands, one of the most remote inhabited More...
Donald Trump ‘humiliated’ by Xi Jinping in China with ‘massive insult’ | World | News
Donald Trump was “humiliated” by Chinese leader Xi Jinping on his arrival in China, according to political commentators. The US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing this afternoon, marking More...
Migrant crisis erupts as Taliban invited to Brussels for talks | World | News
The Taliban has been invited to Brussels for talks on deporting Afghan migrants refused permission to stay in the European Union. It comes after technical talks between the two sides in Afghanistan in January. European More...
Putin horror as Russia spends £500m on military training for children | World | News
The analysis shows huge sums spent on equipping children with basic military skills (Image: Getty) Vladimir Putin has been accused of spending £500 million to construct facilities to train children for war More...
Donald Trump ‘falls asleep with face drooping’ during Oval Office event | World | News
Donald Trump has been branded “unfit to serve” as President after he was accused again of “falling asleep” during a meeting at the Oval Office. Video footage appears to show Trump with More...
Iran issues WW3 threat to Muslim countries as Middle East on brink – ‘Dire consequences’ | World | News
Iran has issued a dire threat to “Arab and Muslim countries working with Israel” as the Middle East is pushed to the brink if a new round of conflict. The senior advisor to the leader of the Islamic More...






