Pandemic bonds face scrutiny after Ebola outbreak yet to trigger payout
Following the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak the World Bank launched instruments to establish a mechanism that would quickly deploy funds to help tackle outbreaks of infectious diseases
Fourth Ebola case found in Congo city, raising fears of faster spread
On Thursday, Rwanda briefly shut its border crossings with Congo around the city, after the new cases emerged
Tsunami warning after magnitude 7 quake strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties
Philippines weighs re-use of controversial dengue vaccine
The Philippines stopped using Dengvaxia in late 2017 and ordered Sanofi to stop selling, distributing and marketing it after Sanofi warned the vaccine could worsen the disease in some cases
Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say
Ilisu dam will submerge ancient town, displace thousands
Syrians fleeing war allowed to stay longer in the United States
The 7,000 Syrian beneficiaries can now re-register for Temporary Protected Status and remain in the United States with work permits through March 2021
Colombia probes who is behind signs that threaten Venezuelan migrants
More than 1.4 million Venezuelans have migrated to Colombia in recent years, fleeing shortages of food and medicine and political upheaval
Rwanda border with Ebola-hit Congo fully open after slowdowns -minister
Earlier, Congolese health authorities confirmed that a third case of Ebola had been diagnosed in Goma, increasing fears the virus could take root in the densely populated city
U.N. to investigate attacks on humanitarian sites in northwest Syria
The locations of the U.N. supported facilities and other humanitarian sites had been shared with the warring parties in a bid to protect them
Rwanda says its border with Congo remains open
The minister of foreign affairs appeared to contradict an earlier statement that the frontier was closed near the Ebola-hit Congolese city of Goma