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Hospitals

Israel uses cargo ships to repatriate doctors stranded abroad by war

FILE PHOTO: A fisherman travels on a boat with his family in front of the Zim container ship near Ismailia port city, northeast of Cairo May 1, 2014/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A fisherman travels on a boat with his family in front of the Zim container ship near Ismailia port city, northeast of Cairo May 1, 2014/ File Photo

Ukraine to cover 4,000km of roads with anti-drone nets by year-end, minister says

Workers installing anti-drone nets over a road near the city of Kharkiv on Feb 2, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Workers installing anti-drone nets over a road near the city of Kharkiv on Feb 2, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Norway’s King Harald taken to hospital in Spain

Norway's King Harald addresses a gathering in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard archipelago, Norway, June 16, 2025. NTB/Cornelius Poppe/via REUTERS
Norway's King Harald addresses a gathering in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard archipelago, Norway, June 16, 2025. NTB/Cornelius Poppe/via REUTERS

NJC students bring CNY cheer to Jurong Community Hospital patients

National Junior College student volunteers doing calligraphy with seniors at the Harmony of Horses Chinese New Year Concert.
National Junior College student volunteers doing calligraphy with seniors at the Harmony of Horses Chinese New Year Concert.

Aid groups petition Israel's top court to halt suspension of some NGOs in Gaza

Palestinians push a cart past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the two-year Israeli offensives, in Gaza City, February 17, 2026. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Palestinians push a cart past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the two-year Israeli offensives, in Gaza City, February 17, 2026. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Italian region resists US pressure to curb use of Cuban doctors

FILE PHOTO: Governor of Italy's Calabria region Roberto Occhiuto poses with Cuban medics whom he has hired to help deal with a shortage of staff in local hospitals, at the University of Calabria in Cosenza, Italy, in this undated picture obtained by Reuters on October 3, 2023. Calabria Region Press Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Governor of Italy's Calabria region Roberto Occhiuto poses with Cuban medics whom he has hired to help deal with a shortage of staff in local hospitals, at the University of Calabria in Cosenza, Italy, in this undated picture obtained by Reuters on October 3, 2023. Calabria Region Press Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Greenland does not need US hospital ship: Danish minister

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said he was not aware of the hospital ship’s possible arrival.
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said he was not aware of the hospital ship’s possible arrival.

Poland bars Chinese-made cars from military sites over data security fears

Six passengers killed in bus crash in southeastern Brazil, 45 injured

Medical activities halted at Gaza hospital after reports of gunmen, suspected weapons transfers

A Palestinian war-wounded man waits at the entrance, hoping to receive medical treatment, at a clinic run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), amid shortages of medical supplies, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, December 31, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
A Palestinian war-wounded man waits at the entrance, hoping to receive medical treatment, at a clinic run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), amid shortages of medical supplies, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, December 31, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.