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More than 1.5 million people in Pakistan’s Punjab province have been displaced by the region’s worst flooding in decades. Tens of thousands are in makeshift relief camps while many others remain stranded or have sought shelter elsewhere.

Authorities suspect 28 cases of the deadly virus, with the latest recorded in the southern Kasai province.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is confronting a new Ebola outbreak after health officials confirmed a case in the southern Kasai province.

The latest infection, identified in a 34-year-old pregnant woman, raises the country’s suspected case count to 28, with 15 deaths, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday.

Another 3,640 people have been wounded in the magnitude 6 quake that struck on Sunday as aid organizations struggle to reach survivors.

Rescuers have recovered hundreds of bodies from mountainous areas of southeastern Afghanistan, which was hit by a major earthquake at the weekend, taking the death toll to more than 2,200, according to a Taliban government spokesperson.

Previous estimates said some 1,400 people were killed. Taliban spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat…

When Rebekah Kohlhepp got a communications job at Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) in 2022, she was elated.

“This opportunity is so perfect, I can still hardly believe it’s real,” she wrote on her blog.

Kohlhepp was particularly excited to work with Andrew L. Seidel, the civil rights attorney, activist, and author who has dedicated his life to combating Christian nationalism and did communications for the non-profit.

However, less than a few…

Federal judge says Trump administration cannot refuse to spend funds appropriated by US Congress.

A United States federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot single-handedly slash billions of dollars of foreign aid appropriated by the US Congress.

In Wednesday’s decision, District Judge Amir Ali in Washington ruled that the White House cannot withhold about $4bn in funds approved by Congress for foreign assistance through international…

Probe follows a lawsuit filed by Cook challenging Trump firing her from the central bank on mortgage fraud allegations.

The United States Department of Justice has launched a criminal mortgage fraud probe into US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

The Justice Department has also issued grand jury subpoenas out of both Georgia and Michigan, the Reuters news agency reported on Thursday, citing a source familiar with the matter.

In the days following its deadly attack on a vessel allegedly transporting Venezuelan drug smugglers through international waters, the administration of US President Donald Trump sent a unified message: The United States will not hesitate to strike so-called “narco terrorists”.

“Instead of interdicting [the vessel], on the president’s orders, we blew it up,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday.

“And it’ll happen again….