Muhamad Yehia HIV infections could jump over six times if US support is dropped and not replaced, the UNAIDS chief said. The number of new HIV infections could increase more than six times in the next several years if US funding for HIV and AIDS programmes is dropped, the head of the …

Muhamad Yehia The patient had mild illness, and there is no evidence that the virus has spread to anyone else. A dairy worker in the US state of Nevada was infected with a new type of bird flu that is different from the version that has been spreading in US …

Muhamad Yehia A male nurse was reported to have died from Ebola in January. Nine people were confirmed to have Ebola virus in Uganda and around 265 others are being monitored under quarantine, health authorities have said. The nine include the first victim, a male nurse who died the day …

Muhamad Yehia HIV gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes it vulnerable to disease, including ones rarely seen in otherwise healthy people. A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths that prompted people to demand that governments act. The United States eventually did, creating …

Muhamad Yehia Other leaders such as President Tokayev of Kazakhstan have welcomed political dialogue between Washington and Moscow. Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine should not result in “peace that is a capitulation”,  as this would be “bad news for everyone”, including the US, French President Emmanuel Macron has …

Muhamad Yehia Unprecedented sexual violence against children has been reported in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as the Rwanda-backed M23 ramps up its offensive. Scores of children have been raped by armed men in a recent escalation in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo …

Muhamad Yehia A protective shield over the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been struck overnight by a Russian attack drone carrying a high-explosive warhead, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Chernobyl nuclear power plant was hit by a Russian attack overnight, striking a protective shield over its …

Muhamad Yehia Residential end-user electricity and gas prices vary widely across European capitals. When adjusted for PPS, country rankings shift significantly. Energy prices in the EU, which surged following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, stabilised after a year. Throughout 2024, the annual inflation rate for energy prices was …

Muhamad Yehia US President Donald Trump signed a Presidential memo on reciprocal tariffs to order his administration to investigate the plan, offering time for negotiations. Global markets turned to a risk-on mode following the decision. On Thursday, Trump directed the US Trade Representative and Commerce secretary to investigate the proposed …

Muhamad Yehia Syria will have a new government as of 1 March, the country’s interim foreign minister announced earlier Multiple Western and Arab countries pledged to help rebuild Syria during a conference in Paris on Thursday. The goal of the conference organised by the French government is to facilitate Syria’s …