World07 May 2026 | 11:21 PMWashington, May 7 (UNI) Global efforts to track the rare outbreak of Hantavirus linked to a cruise ship off the west coast of Africa are expanding, after health officials confirmed the strain is transmissible, and can spread from person to person, confirms CBS News.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 10:21 PMWashington, May 7 (UNI) Democrats in Congress have opened an investigation into whether clemency decisions made by President Donald Trump were apolitical, or influenced by "pay to play dynamics", according to letters obtained by CBS News.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 10:17 PMDhaka, May 7 (UNI) Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed announced that the government had decided to initiate a phased and gradual withdraw of the army from field-level law enforcement duties, due to the restoration of discipline in the police force.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 10:14 PMTehran, May 7 (UNI) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has given the first public account of a recent meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not appeared publicly since the strikes that killed his father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei, and reportedly left him badly wounded, and possibly disfigured.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 9:36 PMIslamabad, May 7 (UNI) Expressing optimism over the prospects of the US and Iran reaching a peace agreement, Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said on Thursday that Islamabad was hopeful on the matter, and expects an agreement between Tehran and Washington "sooner rather than later." .
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 9:06 PMWashington, May 7 (UNI) Even if the US and Iran manage to eventually reach a peace agreement – which is considered highly uncertain - US consumers are unlikely to see gasoline prices return to pre-war levels anytime soon.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 8:39 PMTehran, May 7 (UNI) Releasing a video from his office, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, admitting war time difficulties on the national economy on Thursday, told business leaders that the country was facing multiple domestic difficulties across sectors, attributing them to coordinated external efforts to destabilise the country.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 7:48 PMNatanz, May 7 (UNI) New satellite imagery appears to show Iran taking additional protective measures around a deeply buried underground facility near its main nuclear infrastructure at Natanz Nuclear Facility, according to a new assessment by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 7:44 PMWashington, May 7 (UNI) US President Donald Trump has urged authorities to take action against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, alleging he incited violence in recent comments.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 7:35 PMWashington, May 7 (UNI) US Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said on Thursday that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency are heading to New York to target criminals.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 7:35 PMBeijing, May 7 (UNI) China on Thursday said that Taiwan remains the priority topic ahead of a highly anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, saying that adherence to the "One China" policy remains the foundation of stable bilateral ties between both the nations.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 5:46 PMDhaka, May 7 (UNI) Bangladesh's measles epidemic continues to wreak havoc across the country as 12 more children have died in the past 24 hrs due to either measles, or its linked symptoms. Of these, one child was diagnosed with measles, while 11 children had measles-like symptoms.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 3:41 PMWashington/ Tehran, May 7 (UNI) Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed that a US proposal to end the war is still "under review," and that Tehran will share its response with Pakistani mediators after "finalizing its position".
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 2:40 PMBeijing, May 7 (UNI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman in Beijing, and both leaders agreed to expand cooperation in emerging industries such as green development and the digital economy.
see more.. 07 May 2026 | 2:15 PMWashington, May 7 (UNI) Norway has officially joined Pax Silica, a growing international partnership aimed at securing critical mineral supply chains and building a trusted global AI ecosystem.
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