Hospitals

Dominican leader urges UN to step up backing for Haiti mission

Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/CAITLIN OCHS

‘Not enough sleep’: Taiwan TV host Blackie Chen on likely cause of his heart attack

Taiwanese artiste Blackie Chen (centre) with his wife Christine Fan (third from left) and friend Wang Leehom (second from right) in a photo shared on social media on Sept 17.

Gaza's hospitals and homes struggle to keep generators running as oil shortages bite

‘Mummy, mummy’: 5-year-old stuck in muddy sludge rescued three days after Nepal’s flood disaster

Manisha Magar with her father, Lokbahadur Magar, at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Aug 5. She survived some 60 hours of being buried under mud and debris.

Singer Lionel Richie reportedly hospitalised in ICU after US concert

American singer Lionel Richie checked himself into a hospital after a show in St Louis in the US on Aug 29.

Pakistan suspends eight officials after deadly infant ward fire

A preliminary report found the deadly blaze had engulfed the unit “within approximately two minutes”.

At a Nepal hospital, hope slowly fades days after catastrophe

As the scale of the disaster that unfolded in the two countries becomes clearer, desperation is rising among the families of the nearly 3,000 still missing.

‘Black smoke’ chokes Pakistan maternity ward as hospital fire kills 14 infants

TOPSHOT - Jaweria (C), who said she lost her child in the fire, reacts following a blaze at the Mother and Child Health (MCH) ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital in Islamabad on August 26, 2026. A fire in a maternity ward at a public hospital in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on August 26 morning killed 14 children, a local authority said. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Imran Khan’s party seeks contempt action over jailed leader’s hospital move

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been imprisoned since August 2023 on charges he calls politically motivated.

Norway’s King Harald to remain in hospital, cancels engagements

King Harald V of Norway (right) walking alongside King Philippe of Belgium ahead of a concert at the National Museum in Oslo, during an official visit of the Belgian royal couple to Norway, on March 25.

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