Europe’s reported Syphilis cases increase 70pc since 2010

By VOA,

Syphilis cases have soared in Europe over the last decade and become, for the first time since the early 2000s, more common in some countries than new...

Syphilis

Cheruiyot targets third successive win in Lausanne

By Stephen Kiprop,

World silver medallist Timothy Cheruiyot heads to Lausanne on Friday off the back of convincing victories in Stockholm and Stanford. The 2018 Diamo...

Emmanuel Korir , Timothy Cheruiyot

Obiri seeks victory in Eugene after Stockholm fall

By Philip Muchiri,

World 5000m champion Helen Obiri will race in Eugene seeking to return to her imperious winning ways after an unfortunate fall led her to a 12th-place...

Eugene Diamond League , Helen Obiri

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful, court rules as war in Yemen rages on

By CNN,

London-British arms sales to Saudi Arabia were unlawful because they did not properly consider whether the weapons would be used to commit "serious vi...

British Arms Deal , Campaign Against Arms Trade , Saudi Arabia

London named Europe’s top ‘tech for good’ hotspot

By Reuters,

From mobile food sharing to 3D-printed splints, London has been named the best European city for developing technology to solve environmental and soci...

London. , TECHNOLOGY

Cheruiyot, Tirop reign supreme in Stockholm DL meet

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 1500m silver medallist Timothy Cheruiyot returned to winning ways at the third leg of the IAAF Diamond League held on Thursday evening in Stockh...

Elijah Manangoi , IAAF Diamond League , Timothy Cheruiyot

Manangoi, Cheruiyot out to light up Stockholm

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Elijah Manangoi and Timothy Cheruiyot's tantalizing rivalry will once again be on show when the pair line up in the 1500m field for the third leg of t...

Elijah Manangoi , IAAF Diamond League , Stockholm , Timothy Cheruiyot

China,United States face off in Djibouti as world powers fight for influence in Africa

By CNN,

A dirt track at Djibouti's Doraleh Port leads to a series of unassuming single-story buildings that, earlier this year, hosted the world's two superpo...

china , Djibouti , Red Sea , US

Sweden wants to extradite Assange over rape allegation, complicating U.S. effort to try him for conspiracy

By Reuters,

Sweden reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday and will seek to extradite him from Britain...

Ecuadorean embassy , Eva-Marie Persson , Julian Assange , WikiLeaks

Wario sacked as Uhuru makes new ambassadorial appointments

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has dropped former Sports Cabinet Secretary Dr. Hassan Wario from his ambassadorial position in Vienna, Austria. In a list...

Hassan Wario

U.S and China account for almost half of world’s military spending, report says

By CNN,

The world saw a military spending boom in 2018, driven largely by the United States and China, which now account for almost half of the world's mil...

china , military , President Donald Trump , United States

Why photo of woman chanting has come to symbolize Sudan protests

By CNN,

The woman is wearing a long white dress and golden moon earrings. Alaa Salah is chanting from the top of a car while surrounded by a sea of protest...

Khartoum , Lana Haroun , protests , Sudan

Women often keep impact of menstrual pain, bleeding to themselves

By Reuters,

Many women who suffer from menstrual symptoms like pain and heavy bleeding don’t tell their families or doctors about it even when it interferes wit...

menstrual

Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen’s Hodeidah as U.N. pushes to clinch troop pullout

By Reuters,

Yemen’s warring parties exchanged heavy weapons fire overnight in Hodeidah, residents and military sources said, as the United Nations scrambled to ...

Hodeidah , United Nations , Yemen

Norwegian Air to seek compensation from Boeing for MAX groundings

By Reuters,

Norwegian Air will seek compensation from aircraft maker Boeing for lost revenue and extra costs stemming from the grounding of its fleet of 737 MAX 8...

737 MAX 8 , boeing , Norwegian

Crisis may be easing, but nuclear threat still hangs over India and Pakistan

By CNN,

Tensions on the border between India and Pakistan last week pushed the two nuclear-powered South Asian adversaries closer to conflict than at any poin...

Yemeni conjoined twins die without treatment abroad

By Reuters,

Conjoined twin boys born in Yemen who were in urgent need of treatment abroad died on Saturday, the health ministry in Houthi-controled Yemen said ove...

Houthi , U.N , Yemen

Etuhu cleared of match-fixing charges in Sweden

By Reuters,

Former footballer Dickson Etuhu was found not guilty by a Swedish court on Thursday of attempting to fix the result of a 2017 league match between IFK...

AIK , Dickson Etuhu , IFK Gothenburg , manchester city

Yemen’s warring parties to convene for fragile peace talks in Sweden

By Reuters,

Yemen’s warring parties convene in Sweden on Thursday for U.N.-led peace talks for the first time since 2016 in a small victory for special envoy Ma...

Martin Griffiths , Saudi Arabia , United Nations , Yemen

Kipchoge, Ibarguen named 2018 World Athletes of the Year

By IAAF,

Eliud Kipchoge and Caterine Ibarguen have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2018, held at the Gri...

Awards Gala , Caterine Ibarguen , Eliud Kipchoge , IAAF World Athlete of the Year