Olympics: Streamlined Tokyo Games may set future standard

By Reuters,

The Olympic movement faces its biggest challenge for four decades in getting a streamlined Tokyo Summer Games up and running next year but influential...

John Coates , Olympic , Tokyo Summer Games

Russia offered Taliban fighters cash rewards to kill US, UK troops in Afghanistan

By CNN,

Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed U...

John Ratcliffe , President Donald Trump , Taliban Militants , US intelligence , White House

Jailed Iranian journalist faces new ‘absurd’ charge

By VOA,

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the latest "absurd charge" brought against jailed Iranian journalist and human rights advocate Narges Mo...

Iranian journalist , Narges Mohammadi , reporters without borders

Two women killed by family members after leaked video of them kissing man emerges

By CNN,

Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, ...

honor killing , Human Rights Commission , pakistan , Qandeel Baloch , World Economic Forum

Two Pakistani women murdered in so-called honor killing

By CNN,

Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, ag...

pakistan

Coronavirus pandemic will cause global famines of ‘biblical proportions,’ UN warns

By CNN,

The world is facing multiple famines of "biblical proportions" in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic will...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , FAMINE , Starvation

Coronavirus case detected at workers’ quarters in India’s presidential palace

By Reuters,

About 500 people entered self-isolation at the Presidential House in the Indian capital on Tuesday after a worker’s relative tested positive for cor...

coronavirus. india

South Sudan, a country of 12 million people, has only 4 ventilators

By CNN,

Covid-19 cases have topped 2.2 million globally and countries around the world are scrambling to buy life-saving equipment as the pandemic places ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , south sudan , ventilators , who

Family of 4 quarantined after contact with priest who tested positive for coronavirus

By Citizen Reporter,

By Jane Cherotich. A family of four from Lwanya in Matayos, Busia County, has been placed under isolation at their home after coming into contact w...

Busia county , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Quarantine

Legendary photojournalist Sir Mohinder Dhillon dies at 88

By Ian Omondi,

Legendary photojournalist Sir Mohinder Dhillon has died at the age of 88. The renowned founder of film/cinematography company Africapix died at aro...

Aga Khan University Hospital , Richard Vaughan , Sir Mohinder Dhillon

Go or no go? U.S. updates travel advisories amid coronavirus outbreak

By VOA,

The U.S. State Department says when it comes to issuing a travel alert for Americans traveling abroad, it takes into account health risks. This inc...

coronavirus

U.S. warned to prepare for coronavirus pandemic as Europe lockdowns spread

By CNN,

A second European hotel was in lockdown on Wednesday as authorities around the world battled to prevent the spread of coronavirus, although a senior U...

coronavirus

US pledges Ksh.200B for coronavirus vaccine

By Reuters,

The United States has pledged Ksh.200B to fight coronavirus with more than Ksh.100B going toward developing a vaccine, with other funds earmarked for ...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

WHO: Time Is running out to stop spread of coronavirus

By VOA,

The World Health Organization said time is running out to stop the spread of coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases outside of China grows. �...

coronavirus

The safest countries in the world to visit in 2020

By Citizen Reporter,

The holidays are here and for those planning a vacation and wondering which countries are the safest, a risk map published by experts in travel securi...

Zambia reports first polio case in 24yrs after vaccination gone wrong

By Imani Mitchelle,

Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995. A 2 year old boy was paralyzed by a virus derived from the vaccine, VOA reported on W...

Polio , Zambia

Chinese state media escalate row with NBA

By Reuters,

Chinese state media on Wednesday accused the National Basketball Association (NBA) of endorsing violence and peddling a “secessionist pipe dream” ...

Chinese State Media , NBA

63 killed, hundreds injured at Afghan wedding suicide blast

By Reuters,

A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a packed wedding reception in the Afghan capital, the interior ministry said on Sund...

Afghan , Taliban , United States

Ex-hostage: Aid worker kidnappings ‘big business’ as criminals wade in

By VOA,

Kidnapping of aid workers has become "big business" as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations offic...

Aid workers , Kidnappings , Thomson Reuters Foundation , United Nations Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)

UN Report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children

By VOA,

More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen...

Afghanistan , Conflicts , somalia , The United Nations (UN)