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The BBC travels to the city of Bandar Abbas - the first international journalists to visit the Iranian side of the strait.

US authorities charged him with property destruction after renovations championed by President Donald Trump appeared to go awry.

Childhood vaccination rates have slumped globally. In several countries, people are more hesitant about getting vaccinated. Populist political actors promote distrust of government and scientific institutions. And the disinformation economy means we can’t agree on the facts behind policy debates. Di...

The Society of St. Pius X was excommunicated by Pope Leo for ordaining bishops without his permission. Its issues with the church run far deeper.

Simon King reports on the dangerous heat threatening North America.

Early in June, international experts joined leaders from Southeast Asia for a summit in Laos, where they discussed the “last mile” of malaria elimination from the eastern-most sector of the region. Burgeoning economically for decades, Vietnam and Cambodia, but also Laos DPR, have seen malaria transm...

Hernán Gil, a security guard, was in a concrete hut in a multi-storey car park, when the building collapsed.

In a major international effort to evaluate potential treatments for Ebola disease due to Bundibugyo virus (BVD), the PARTNERS clinical trial has opened enrolment today for patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The hantavirus global outbreak is officially over, Ebola outbreaks are growing in Africa and responders are helping recovery efforts in quake-hit Venezuela, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Thursday, announcing updates on global health emergencies.