Category: Latest News

Oct 29
22 Indians aboard two ships hijacked by pirates near Yemen, Somalia

Two vessels carrying 22 Indians were hijacked in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia. While 16 were aboard a tanker seized in the Gulf of Aden, six were on a cargo ship near Somalia's Puntland

Oct 29
Israel Rejects Flight With Indonesian Pilot

Israel appears to have stepped up enforcement of its flight regulations after the FlyDubai cockpit attack. An Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane bound for Tel Aviv was forced to turn around on Monday because one of the pilots was from Indonesia, which does not ha…

Oct 29
Tuberculosis after Preventive Therapy in Persons Living with HIV Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy

Tuberculosis after Preventive Therapy in Persons Living with HIV Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy

Oct 29
Super El Niño could cause 451,000 deaths, scientists predict – as they call for urgent action to save lives

Scientists from the University of Chicago used climate models to predict the impact the devastating climate event could have.

Oct 29
Africa CDC welcomes U.S. Convened G20+ Ebola Meeting and Calls for United Action, Faster Delivery and Full Transparency

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) welcomes the leadership of the United States in convening the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting on Accelerating Collective Action to Defeat Ebola, to be held on 23 September 2026 in New York, on t…

Oct 29
Utopia’s Butchers

Photo Credit:Hieronymus Bosch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Public DomainBy Lars MøllerSocialism’s sectarian logic, pseudoscientific hubris, and the inescapable path from guillotine to Gulag.C

Oct 29
Captured African recruits say they want to go home — to Russia

African POWs have become pawns in Moscow and Kyiv’s battle for influence.

Oct 29
PEN America president quits over anti-BDS article on ‘exclusion’ of Israelis, Jews in publishing

Ethiopian American author Dinaw Mengestu resigned last week, reportedly calling it 'unethical' for the free speech group to take a position against BDS. PEN had published interviews with 30+ Jewish and Israeli literary professionals on the industry's post-Oct…

Oct 29
Marriott Bonvoy: The complete guide to points, elite status and more

Learn how Marriott Bonvoy works, including how to earn and redeem points, qualify for elite status and maximize free night awards and benefits.

Oct 29
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #36 2026

Open access notables Misrepresentation of Human Climate Fingerprint in DOE Report, Santer et al., Earth s Future A July 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made the key claim that the stratosphere has warmed since 2000, contrary to model pr…