On the 17th Africa CDC director Kaseya said current data do not confirm the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has peaked and that the situation remains uncontrolled. Kaseya said the epidemic curve in the DRC is broadly slightly down but unstable. A DRC health ministry report dated the 15th shows 7,404 confirmed cases and 3,577 deaths (case fatality rate 48.3%). The outbreak has spread to 62 health zones across seven provinces, with Ituri province accounting for about 77.7% of co

Malaysia Aviation Group, parent of Malaysia Airlines, is close to finalising an order for roughly 10 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners to renew its long-haul fleet, sources said. The 787s would replace seven leased Airbus A350s and provide room for expansion. Boeing secured the deal in part with an earlier delivery slot from 2031 versus Airbus, and GE Aerospace offered more favourable engine terms than Rolls-Royce, the sources said. High leasing costs prompted the airline to seek replacements. The transaction has a political dimension: last year Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar announced Malaysia would buy 30 Boeing jets with options for an additional 30.

According to Iranian reports, Iran's deputy foreign minister and director-general for Western Europe, Ali Reza Yousefi, summoned Germany's ambassador in Tehran, Axel Wilhelm Dietmann, to lodge a formal protest over recent remarks by senior German officials and what Tehran described as interfering actions by the German embassy.