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The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country’s history and is spreading faster than any outbreak on record.

Thousands of people have for years attempted the perilous Atlantic route on overloaded and often dilapidated boats to reach Europe via Spain’s Canary Islands.

Hungary is facing a severe water crisis, with prolonged heat and drought driving water levels sharply lower. Around 99% of the country is under severe or extreme drought, while desertification threatens the Great Hungarian Plain.

Mongolia is hosting the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s COP17 in Ulaanbaatar from 17 to 28 August, bringing together representatives from 196 countries and the European Union to tackle land degradation, drought and desertification.

The Pacific Fleet conducted a Bastion missile test just days after Putin’s visit to the islands prompted Tokyo to summon Russia’s ambassador to Japan and drew a US statement of support for Japanese sovereignty.

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Iran executed another protester on Thursday over the deadly 2026 Isfahan unrest, as rights groups warn of forced confessions and death sentences used to stifle dissent.

Authorities in Monrovia announced on Tuesday the country would accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals deported from the US within a year.

Young Mexicans are taking part in ‘aura battles’, where creativity, confidence and humour decide the winner. The trend is moving from social media to live events.

Cubans seeking to leave the communist-run island have risked their lives in flimsy boats for decades in a bid to cross the treacherous Florida Straits to the United States or across the Caribbean to Mexico.