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23.05.2026 21:40 NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency's federally funded research and development center in Southern California at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , to ensure continued accountability and strong value for U.S. taxpayers.

23.05.2026 21:40 The United States Department of Homeland Security released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations , the U.S. Coast Guard, and other federal agency partners conducted an operation that seized narcotics from a crude oil tanker in Los Angeles.

23.05.2026 21:40 An indictment returned in the Eastern District of Virginia was unsealed yesterday charging Ruhuan Zhen and Hongce Wu, both Chinese nationals, with conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with transnational criminal organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación .

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23.05.2026 21:40 The UN is rushing emergency personnel, funding and supplies into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to counter the fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreading through conflict-ravaged provinces.

23.05.2026 21:40 Statement by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

23.05.2026 21:40 The United Nations World Food Programme is urgently scaling up its emergency response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo , working with the Government, the World Health Organization and partners to help contain the Ebola outbreak before a health emergency transforms into a broader humanitarian catastrophe.

23.05.2026 21:40 On 17 May 2026, pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 - Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations , the Director-General of the World Health Organization , after having consulted the States Parties where the event was known to be occurring, determined that the epidemic of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern , but did not meet the criteria of pandemic emergency, as defined in the IHR.

23.05.2026 21:40 Norway is strengthening the World Health Organization's Health Contingencies Fund with a contribution of NOK 50 million following a new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

23.05.2026 21:40 Saudi Arabia has halted new contracts for Western consultancies and delayed payments as the kingdom struggles with a ballooning budget deficit triggered by the US-Israeli aggression against Iran and its regional fallout, exposing the fragility of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's flagship Vision 2030 program.

23.05.2026 21:40 The President held a briefing session, via videoconference, with permanent members of the Security Council.

23.05.2026 21:40 On 22 May 2026, ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan addressed the United Nations Security Council on the Situation in Libya, remotely from The Hague. Below is a transcript of her remarks

23.05.2026 21:40 Statement by Legal Advisor Colin McIntyre at the UN Security Council meeting on Libya.

23.05.2026 21:40 Briefing the Security Council on the International Criminal Court's work in Libya, its Deputy Prosecutor today said recent judicial proceedings, including the confirmation hearing of Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, have brought victims "some measure of justice, of healing", while urging stronger cooperation to secure arrests and advance accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity and abuses against migrants.

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