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Houthi rebels strike a government military camp in southern Yemen, killing at least 20 fighters

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Third Ebola case in Kenya highlights US failures amid Trump cuts to key services

Opposition to US-led quarantine center in Kenya follows sweeping funding cuts and withdrawal from WHO A third person in Kenya has tested positive for Bundibugyo ebolavirus in the country’s first-ever cluster of Ebola cases, as the second-largest outbreak in history kills more than 4,300 and sickens more than 9,000 people in the region. It highlights the diminished role the US has played in the worsening Ebola outbreak by building a controversial quarantine center in Kenya, pulling back health support globally, and banning travelers from certain…

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Italian PM Meloni to hold emergency meeting after weekend of violent clashes

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to hold an emergency security meeting on Monday after protests over the rising cost of living broke out into violent clashes in Milan. More than 5,000 people gathered over the weekend. Police deployed tear gas and water cannons after protesters - many in masks - threw paving stones, bins and chairs at officers. "To demonstrate is a right. To lay our cities to waste is not," Meloni said on Saturday, adding that "hooligans" had exploited the protests to "sow chaos".