Surveillance

Why Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than previous epidemics

FILE PHOTO: Congolese medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) carry children tested and cleared off from Ebola from Saint Nicholas orphanage, at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) within the secured Ebola response zone, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Hoho commune of Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

A day in the life of Congo's overstretched Ebola surveillance teams

Members of the Civil Protection, a local community-based team that works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus and ensure burials happen safely and quickly, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), load in to a coffin the body of an unidentified man, who according to his family, died of Ebola, after retrieving it from his house, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 10, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Modi faces challenge from activists over surveillance at India youth protest

India has no law governing the use of facial recognition technology by police and surveillance at the main protest site in New Delhi was a breach of the law.

Kalshi hits the back of the net with $27 billion FIFA World Cup windfall

US military completes 12th straight night of strikes on Iran

A U.S. warship launches a munition at an unknown location during what the U.S. military says is its latest wave of strikes on Iran, hitting \"Iranian military targets such as coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and maritime capabilities,\" in this still image taken from handout video released July 16, 2026. U.S. Central Command/Handout via REUTERS

US says it struck 140 Iranian military targets Saturday

Russia tries to jam Musk's Starlink systems to counter Ukrainian drones

Service members of the Sparta company of the 422nd Unmanned Systems Regiment 'Luftwaffe' of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, prepare a Zozulia mid-strike drone for a flight while they work at a position near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Southern Ukraine, on an undisclosed date, 2026. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Video shows suspect in sniper position as Charlie Kirk shot, Utah prosecutors say

Tyler Robinson, accused in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, listens to the prosecution during a preliminary hearing in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, U.S., July 7, 2026. Trent Nelson/Pool via REUTERS

NATO picks Swedish Saab early-warning planes over US rival

FILE PHOTO: A GlobalEye aircraft, manufactured by Saab Technologies, on static design during the fifth day of Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Christopher Pike/File Photo

Greek wiretapping victims sue spyware firm Intellexa for damages

FILE PHOTO: Intellexa Co-CEO Tal Dilian poses for a picture at his house in Limassol, Cyprus, April 22, 2020. Picture taken April 22, 2020./File Photo

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