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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) annonce la fermeture, le 31 octobre prochain, de son centre de traitement d’Ebola Elikya, à Bunia, dans la province de l’Ituri. Dans un communiqué publié lundi 21 octobre dans la soirée, l’organisation indique que ses équipes d’urgence seront redéployées vers d’autres zones touchées par l’épidémie.

Malgré une baisse du nombre de nouveaux cas dans certaines localités, les autorités sanitaires appellent la population à rester vigilante.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is thankful to the US as intelligence on Russian missile strikes "works now," after talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Oslo.

Iran has repeated its threat to target undersea fiberoptic cables running through the Strait of Hormuz if war with the United States resumes.

It was once taboo in Iran to publicly speak about developing nuclear weapons. The authorities would often point to former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's religious edict barring the development of weapons of mass destruction. Iranian officials have long insisted the country's nuclear program is solely for civilian purposes.

Iran's top security official says all enriched nuclear material will remain inside the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he had discussed with US President Donald Trump on Sunday the change of leadership in Iran.

President Masoud Pezeshkian says the Iranian nation no longer trusts the US as it attacked the country two times amid talks.

The UK will provide additional defensive military support to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, given escalating Houthi attacks in the region.

The UK is set to deploy RAF Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, deepening its military involvement in Riyadh's war against Yemen.

The UN warned on Tuesday against a premature withdrawal of its peacekeepers as the war in Sudan spills over into the Central African Republic (CAR).

Following extreme hunger warnings, a bitter reality is unfolding across Afghanistan: food is available, but remains inaccessible for millions of people.

More than 250,000 people have now fled renewed fighting in Yemen, the UN said on Tuesday, citing particular concern for those sheltering in the southwestern city of Taiz and the wider governorate, where access is "essentially blocked".

Artificial intelligence is already being widely used on the battlefield, and the role of human judgment in military operations is shrinking rapidly, the head of the UN's independent disarmament research institute warned on Tuesday.

Today, the Department of the Navy announces the selection of Radiant Industries, Inc. (Radiant) to design, build, and deliver a prototype Microreactor Power Plant (MPP). The selection of Radiant's Kaleidos microreactor design, pursued in conjunction with the Department of the Army's Janus Program, marks a milestone in securing reliable, grid-independent, and dispatchable power for critical military infrastructure at Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Crane, Indiana.

Today, the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy presented a new Strategy for the Arctic. The Strategy presents a new framework of political cooperation for like-minded partners that places people, security, climate and prosperity at its core. It has four priorities: strengthening security and resilience, responding to climate change in the Arctic, prosperity, and opportunities for people and communities in the Arctic.

The National Security Agency's Super Intelligence Security Center joins the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and others in releasing the guidance, "Key Practices for Incident Readiness and Response in Super Intelligence Training and Evaluation."

A new joint military training facility in Laos could give Beijing a lasting foothold in mainland Southeast Asia even without an immediate boost to its combat power, analysts told Radio Free Asia.

Increasing militant attacks along Iran's border with Pakistan over the past few months by multiple armed groups have stoked fears of further instability in the two countries, both of which are already facing multifaceted threats of sectarian violence in addition to the broader repercussions of the conflict in the Middle East.

Russia will assist Oman in promptly addressing issues related to the protection of its territory, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.