GENEVA/DAKAR, May 27 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday called for a ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in order to contain an Ebola outbreak, saying that ongoing fighting was driving mass displacement and spreading the disease in overcrowded camps.

Mojtaba Khamenei makes apparent posting on his Telegram channel saying that Gulf powers can no longer be a shield for US bases

The attacks took place while Iranian and Qatari negotiators were in Doha for peace talks.

Washington carried out new strikes on southern Iran, while Tehran downed a US drone and fired at a fighter jet.

Officials on both sides are doubling down on their negotiating positions, indicating they will not be willing to budge.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that indirect negotiations to end the Iran War would continue despite the U.S. conducting military strikes overnight against Iran, as a ceasefire to the conflict entered its 49th day on Tuesday.

US Central Command indicated that the strikes had taken place on Iranian vessels detected while attempting to lay mines in the Persian Gulf.

The U.S. military struck targets in Iran near the Strait of Hormuz in what a spokesman for the military said Monday were acts of self-defense.Capt.