IMO chief Arsenio Dominguez calls for urgent international action to free 44 seafarers held by pirates on three hijacked vessels in Somali waters, warning crews face critical food and water shortages amid escalating piracy in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

45 Ebola response and aid workers wounded in 76 attacks across eastern DRC since mid-May, UN says; 1,708 confirmed cases reported as outbreak expands to Boga Health Zone in Ituri.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that escalating violence has injured 45 Ebola response and aid workers in 76 security incidents across Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo since the mid-May outbreak. National health authorities reported 1,708 confirmed Ebola cases as of Monday, with the outbreak expanding geographically to Boga Health Zone in Ituri.

UK grid operator issues rare summer warning over tight electricity supplies as heat wave strains energy systems across Europe. The alert highlights growing power demand stress during extreme temperatures.

The UK grid operator issued a rare summer warning, citing tight electricity supplies as a blistering heat wave strains energy systems across Europe.

Trump lands at RAF Mildenhall and meets with new Air Force One aircraft in the United Kingdom. President's arrival at the Suffolk air base marks a notable stop during ongoing travel.

Trump reports having just landed and met up with the new Air Force One at RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom.

Western Europe records its hottest June on record, EU climate monitor says. Copernicus Climate Change Service reports June 2026 was second-warmest June globally.

June 2026 was the hottest June on record for Western Europe and the second-warmest June globally, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a report Thursday.