The risk of the international spread of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is low, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tuesday.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders) does not rule out a new Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), therefore, it learns from the current response to ensure a better one in the future, Francesco Segoni, a project coordinator for Middle East and Africa at MSF, told Sputnik on Tuesday

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s Public Health Ministry has registered a total of 57 Ebola virus cases in the North Kivu province since the beginning of the most recent outbreak of the virus, the ministry said via its official Twitter feed

Health Department of Sindh has issued a Congo alert in Karachi, before Eid-ul-Adha.

Pakistan has called for an expansion in the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan to counter the rising threats to peace and security in the region

Blaming Pakistan for insurgency is unfair as Afghanistan itself has large swathes of ungoverned spaces that are leaving a vacuum for safe havens and terrorist sanctuaries, Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Faisal Friday said.