Nigeria’s first Ebola case matches DR Congo strain, health officials say
The Bundibugyo strain outbreak is the DR Congo’s deadliest ever and has now reached West Africa for the first time.
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Pope greeted by crowds in first major appearance since lung cancer surgery
Pope Leo pledges a gradual return to duties in an address to the Catholic faithful in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
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Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case amid widening regional outbreak
Kenyan health authorities say latest patient was likely exposed to the country’s first Ebola case.
![Health workers and officials stand outside a Ebola isolation facility at The Nairobi Hospital, Kenya, Wednesday, October 7, 2026 [Andrew Kasuku/AP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26280382243949-1792367191.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Gaza bodybuilders find solace in strongman competition among the ruins
Bodybuilders in Gaza are finding solace in testing their strength during a competition surrounded by rubble.
Published On 18 Oct 2026
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Sudan army accused of drone strike on livestock market
Sudan’s army says it struck RSF command centres in South Darfur, but the RSF says a crowded livestock market was hit.
Published On 18 Oct 2026
Food or medicine? The impossible choices facing Sudan’s chronically ill
Sudanese are facing growing costs of medicine caused by the country’s civil war.
Fighting intensifies across Yemen as humanitarian crisis deepens
Clashes between Yemeni forces and Houthis cause casualties on both sides as aid agencies warn of humanitarian crisis.
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Saudi-led forces try to break Houthi siege of Taiz with airstrikes
Saudi-led forces say they’ve struck multiple positions around the Yemeni city of Taiz to break the Houthi siege.
Published On 18 Oct 2026
Israeli settlers attack European diplomats during West Bank olive harvest
Four Palestinian women and a child are among those injured in separate ongoing Israeli assaults and pogroms.
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Russian strikes kill civilians, injure dozens across Ukraine
At least eight people have been killed and nearly 60 injured in the latest wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine.
Published On 17 Oct 2026
Sudan’s army claims dozens of RSF fighters killed in Nyala attack
Rapid Support Forces accuse army of killing 30 civilians in attack on Nyala’s busy livestock market.
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