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Africa

Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Rise Across West Africa, Campaigners Warn

Anti-LGBTQ+ laws are on the rise across West Africa, amid local political pressures and a global pushback against LGBTQ+ rights, according to campaigners.

WH News Aug 2, 2026

Europe

Teenage Hitmen Recruiters Spread Violence Across Europe

An 18-year-old man, hired by the Foxtrot Network, killed the wrong man in Stockholm last year, according to a BBC report.

WH News Aug 2, 2026

Europe

Spain’s Migrant Crisis Sparks Political Tensions in Europe

Most of the tens of thousands of migrants who swam into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Thursday have now returned to Morocco, escorted to the border by Spanish soldiers and police, according to the BBC.

WH News Aug 2, 2026

Diplomacy & Trade

EU calls emergency meeting to discuss Ceuta migrant crossings

Twenty-two EU leaders have called for an emergency meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council to address the recent migrant influx into Ceuta, according to Euronews.

WH News Aug 2, 2026

医療

膵臓がん治療薬で生存期間が倍に

膵臓がんの患者の生存期間がほぼ2倍に伸びたとする臨床試験の結果が米国臨床腫瘍学会で発表された。薬剤名はダラクソナシビブ。

WH News Aug 2, 2026

Africa

Ceuta migrant mayhem chills Israel-Spain relations

Spain says the crisis in its North African enclave Ceuta is back under control, with most of the more than 50,000 migrants who stormed across its borders over recent days choosing to voluntarily go back to Morocco, according to Al Jazeera.

WH News Aug 1, 2026

Cricket

Tourist plane crashes in Peru, killing 13

A tourist plane crashed near Peru’s Nazca Lines, killing 13 people, including 11 passengers and two crew members, according to police and local authorities.

WH News Aug 1, 2026

Leaders

EU to Hold Urgent Meeting After 50,000 Migrants Cross Into Ceuta

The EU will hold an extraordinary meeting of interior ministers after a breakdown of political unity over the arrival of more than 50,000 irregular migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in north Africa, according to The Guardian.

WH News Aug 1, 2026

Asia Pacific

Mountaineer Nirmal Purja Killed in Pakistan Avalanche

Renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among 10 people killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan, his company has said.

WH News Aug 1, 2026

Public Health

Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo Reaches 1,000 Deaths, WHO Warns

The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has claimed over 1,000 lives, making it the deadliest in the country’s history, according to the World Health Organisation.

WH News Aug 1, 2026

Corporate

India’s ‘Cockroach’ Protesters Have Wounds from Pellet-Gun Fire, Experts Say

Independent ballistic experts have told the BBC that injuries sustained by some Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters during last week's protest in the Indian capital were caused by pellet guns.

WH News Aug 1, 2026

Diplomacy & Trade

Noted climber Nirmal Purja climbs all 14 8,000m peaks in 6 months

Nepalese climber Nirmal Purja became the first to scale all 14 8,000-meter peaks in six months and six days, completing his record-breaking mission on the Shishapangma in China on October 13, 2019, according to reports.

WH News Aug 1, 2026

Diplomatie & Handel

UK muss nicht 100 Mio. GBP an Ruanda zahlen

Ein internationaler Gerichtshof entschied, dass das UK nicht 100 Mio. GBP an Ruanda zahlen muss, berichtet die Guardian.

WH News Aug 1, 2026

Diplomacy & Trade

Omani Legend and US Novice Among Climbers Recovered from Pakistan Avalanche

Pakistani authorities have recovered four bodies, including that of Nadhira Al Harthy, the first Omani woman to summit Mount Everest, after an avalanche struck Broad Peak, according to officials.

WH News Aug 1, 2026

Europe

Spanish PM Calls for EU Meeting After Ceuta Border Crisis

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called for an urgent meeting of EU interior ministers following what he described as 'selfish, polarising and unlawful' reactions to a recent border crisis in Ceuta, according to The Guardian.

WH News Aug 1, 2026