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Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Kasai Province of Congo

Health officials have recorded 28 suspected cases and 15 fatalities so far in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus, which has claimed thousands of lives in previous outbreaks in the Central African country.

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Receiving a vaccination against Ebola in 2019 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A team, joined by World Health Organization personnel, has been deployed to monitor the latest outbreak.
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U.N. Votes to Withdraw Peacekeepers From Lebanon Over Next Two Years

With the decades-old peacekeeping mission set to expire, the U.N. Security Council chose to extend it through 2026, then gradually withdraw the forces the following year.

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A U.N. peacekeeper, center, talking with a soldier at a Lebanese army checkpoint in March.
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Texas Mother Wanted for Son’s Murder Arrested in India

Cindy Rodriguez Singh had fled the United States in 2023 shortly after the authorities questioned her about her 6-year-old’s disappearance.

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The house in Everman, Texas, where Cindy Rodriguez Singh and her son Noel Alvarez lived. The boy was last seen alive in October 2022.
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Xi Jinping Visits Tibet as Dalai Lama’s Succession Looms

A power struggle is taking shape over choosing a successor to the 90-year-old Buddhist leader. In a trip to Tibet’s capital, China’s leader emphasized maintaining Beijing’s control.

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Taking photos in front of a portrait of President Xi Jinping in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in March.
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Without U.S. Troops in Ukraine, Would a 'Security Guarantee’ Deter Russia?

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President Trump and Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, in Scotland, in July. Mr. Starmer has talked about assembling a force drawn from a “coalition of the willing” to maintain security in a postwar Ukraine.
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