The U.S. and Iran stuck to opposing stances on Thursday over Tehran’s uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz, although U.S. Secretary of ​State Marco Rubio said there had been “some good signs” in talks.

A case of ​Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, hundreds of kilometres from the outbreak’s epicentre, the rebel alliance that controls the ‌area said on Thursday.

Secretary of State ​Marco Rubio ‌on Thursday said ​the U.S. ​was designating Faustine ⁠Jackson ​Mafwele, a ​Tanzanian police official, for alleged ​human ​rights violations.

The mastermind of defunct Greek guerilla group November 17, which carried out a 27-year campaign of assassinations, ​has been released from jail, two police sources ‌said on Thursday.

The ​U.S. decision to remove Francesca Albanese, ‌a U.N. expert on the Palestinian territories, from a list of sanctioned individuals is ​temporary and does not reflect a ​policy change, the State Department said ⁠on Thursday.

Australia and Turkey have revealed that the global oil crisis will prompt a major focus on electrification at the United Nations climate talks in November.

Iran said on Thursday it was reviewing Washington’s latest position on ending the war after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he was prepared to wait a few days to “get the right answers” ​from Tehran but warned of renewed attacks if it did not agree to a deal.

The United States announced murder charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro on Wednesday, a major escalation in ​Washington’s pressure campaign against the island’s communist government.

Mexican authorities arrested ​the municipal president of ‌Atlatlahucan and five other political figures in ​an investigation ​into corruption and organized crime ⁠in central ​Morelos state, special prosecutor ​Ulises Lara said in a video message late ​on Wednesday.

There has been international condemnation of Israel’s treatment of pro-Palestinian activists who were on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli naval forces.

For a moment you could have mistaken Beijing for Moscow.

The US has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes over the 1996 downing of two planes between Cuba and Florida.