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Latest reporting, briefings and public-interest updates from the world desk.
US President Donald Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu separately at the White House on July 28, with Ukraine air defence and Middle East diplomacy among the issues discussed.
Michigan authorities say a man fatally shot his wife and six children before setting fire to their home and dying by suicide; investigators have not established a public motive.
Healthcare workers at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia have stopped work during an outbreak with a rising death toll.
Malaysian police detained more than 100 Rohingya refugees and asylum seekers who were seeking help from the United Nations.
US President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on July 27, 2026, to allow mail-in ballot restrictions that a lower court had blocked after finding he lacked authority to change state election rules.
A study of nearly 2,800 Campylobacter genomes from 30 countries found that intensive chicken production is accelerating strain exchange and increasing antimicrobial-resistance concerns.
US President Donald Trump said Washington was in intensive talks with Iran and could resume military action if diplomacy failed, while Tehran said no direct negotiations were taking place.
Uganda has begun distributing emergency food in the drought-hit Karamoja region after at least 19 reported hunger deaths, with 1.5 million people facing acute shortages and rising malnutrition.
