Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili looks to defend his title for the first time against rising star Umar Nurmagomedov. The native of Georgia claimed the bantamweight title with a close win ...

When Sheik Umar Khan, a preeminent Sierra Leonean physician, had EVD in 2014, experts decided not to offer him the monoclonal antibody cocktail ZMapp, one of the most promising treatments at the time.

The interim government has renamed 13 universities in the country that were previously named after Sheikh family members, announced Asif Mahmud, sport and youth adviser to the interim government, ...

The names of 13 public universities in Bangladesh, previously named after former prime pinister Sheikh Hasina and her family members, have been officially changed. Most of these institutions have now ...

Tulip Siddiq, the niece of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Treasury Ministry on Tuesday (January 14), amidst growing pressure over multiple ...

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq resigned from the UK government Tuesday after being named in graft probes in Bangladesh launched when her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, was ousted as the country's leader.

The anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh has alleged Ms Siddiq used “her influence” while serving as an MP to acquire the land for her mother Sheikh Rehana and two other plots of land for ...

Umar Nurmagomedov and Merab Dvalishvili have very different demeanors heading into their bantamweight title fight at UFC 311. Dvalishvili, the champion, was a ball of rage at December's pre-fight ...

(Victoria Jones/PA via AP, File) Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, second right, and Tulip Siddiq, left, attend a signing ceremony in the Kremlin in ...

Tulip Siddiq has resigned as Treasury minister after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt, ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina. Ms Siddiq denied any wrongdoing but said the ...

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