Foreign News

ELS: MBN360 NEWS Haiti is confronting a growing child malnutrition emergency, with projections indicating that more than 253,000 children under five could suffer acute malnutrition over the next year as violence, displacement and disrupted essential services place further pressure on vulnerable households. According to a new UN-backed analysis, 253,725 children aged between six and 59 […]

ELS: MBN360 EUROPE Belarusian authorities have agreed to release 25 prisoners as part of an interim deal with the United States that will see Washington lift sanctions on two Belarusian companies, U.S. special envoy John Coale said Wednesday. Coale, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, announced the agreement a day after meeting Belarusian President […]

ELS; MBN360 WORLD China will take further steps to support childbearing, including making childcare more accessible and affordable, a senior health official announced Monday, as the country seeks to ease costs of raising children and boost its birth rate. Lei Haichao, head of the National Health Commission, told a media conference that continuous efforts will […]

ELS: MBN360 WORLD A Russian drone struck a train in western Ukraine just moments after former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and prominent European security officials departed the area. The attack occurred at Yahodyn near the Ukraine-Poland border following a high-profile gathering in Kyiv. Ukrainian state railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia reported that the train engine sustained […]

ELS: MBN360 Europe Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for greater European solidarity in responding to the migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Addressing parliament today, Sánchez said that the crisis had demonstrated the need for a coordinated European response as Spain continues to deal with thousands of migrants who remain in […]

ELS: MBN360 USA U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for use by the United States government, escalating his increasingly bitter rhetoric toward Canada as a trade dispute between the two neighbours intensifies. The order updates the name used by the U.S. geographic naming service, although Trump does not […]

ELS: MBN360 WORLD Several countries have expressed solidarity with Nepal and China following devastating flash floods that killed at least 98 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and local residents missing in the Himalayan border region. Australia, Britain, the European Union, Finland, France, Norway and Switzerland issued a joint statement expressing support for those […]

ELS: MBN360 WORLD Fourteen newborn babies have died after a fire at a maternity ward in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. The fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital started on Wednesday morning. An air conditioning unit caught fire and was quickly ignited by oxygen connections, a spokesman for the hospital told the BBC. […]

ELS: MBN360 AFRICA Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has ordered an immediate manhunt following a wave of mass kidnappings and the online release of forest captivity videos. Armed attackers dressed in military-style clothing launched coordinated raids last Friday across remote villages in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State. The assailants simultaneously targeted mosques during Friday prayers in communities including Dekara, […]

ELS: MBN360 WORLD At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 others kidnapped after armed men attacked a once-peaceful community near Haiti’s capital earlier this week, the United Nations said Tuesday. It is believed to be one of the largest mass kidnappings in Haiti in recent years, and one gang leader is threatening to kill […]