Egypt has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) – an achievement hailed by the UN public health agency as “truly historic”. “Malaria is as old as Egyptian…

Alec Baldwin has returned to US sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the first time since his trial over a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust…

Polls have closed in Moldova, where people have been voting in the country’s presidential election and in a referendum on whether to enshrine the goal of joining the European Union…

Reuters A number of people are still trapped under the rubble in Beit Lahia, local officials say Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry has said at least 87 people were killed and…

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said he will give away $1m (£766,000) a day to a registered voter in the key swing state of Pennsylvania until the US presidential election…

Getty Images Pakistani officials are preparing to launch a nationwide vaccination campaign for children under five Health authorities in Pakistan say they have confirmed six more cases of polio, taking…

Reuters Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to depict the environmental devastation caused by…

At least seven people have died after part of a ferry dock collapsed in Georgia’s Sapelo Island on Saturday, local authorities say. Georgia’s department of natural resources, which operates the…

Reuters Beit Lahia has been hit by earlier strikes, pictured here in June Israeli strikes have killed at least 73 people, including women and children, in the city of Beit…

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