Pakistan and India are among four developing countries where the largest number of 23 million children are still out of school though the overall number fell sharply due to a large reduction in India.
The 23-year-old was left as the ovewhelming favourite for the race after team mate Tirunesh Dibaba decided to skip the 5,000 metres because of illness following her 10,000 metres triumph.
Kenenisa Bekele won his third straight 10,000 metres world title on Monday with teammate Sileshi Sihine pacing him and finishing second in a dramatic victory for Ethiopia
Ethiopia's Meseret Defar smashed her own 5,000 metres world record by nearly eight seconds and Jamaica's Asafa Powell cruised to a sub-10-second victory in the men's 100 at a Golden League meeting on Friday.
"China is challenging the notion that the Internet is impossible to control or censor, and if it succeeds there will be far-ranging implications, not only for the medium but for press freedom all over the world."
Russia has been suspended from international athletics since November 2015 after the McLaren report discovered widespread doping.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
After Brangelina, Micheal Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones are also expected soon in India
Uganda's Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich showed he was no one-hit wonder by breaking Kenya's stranglehold on the men's marathon at the world championships with victory in two hours nine minutes 51 seconds in Moscow, on Saturday.
Mina Guli wants to complete 100 marathons across the world to raise awareness of water scarcity and save water.
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The Ethiopian crossed the line in 10 minutes 54 seconds at Fukuoka's chilly seaside course.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup, credited with expanding foreign ministry's social media outreach and handling sensitive issues deftly, was on Thursday appointed India's High Commissioner to Canada.
Compatriot Ronnie Baker, who had set the previous fastest 100m of the year nine days ago, was second in 9.93 seconds, with Jamaica's Yohan Blake third a further hundredth of a second back.
Pakistan is far ahead of India in improving access to water, sanitation and in eroding inequalities for its citizens, according to a US university study.
A statuette of Lord Hanuman is among few items that United States President Barack Obama always carries in his pocket and seeks inspiration from whenever he feels tired or discouraged.
We're back with the fourth and final installment of the line up of Miss Universe 2016 contestants.
"Non Aligned Movement is not a doctrine or a dogma. It is a state of mind," Natwar Singh said on Wednesday.
Here are some of the most captivating moments from the first World Indigenous Games in Brazil.
Around 30,000 runners are expected to participate in the third edition of the Standard Chartered event.
The athletics event gets underway at the Afro Asian Games on Tuesday, but the starting list of foreigners is still unknown.
Jemima Sumgong, who last year became the first Kenyan woman to win Olympic gold in the marathon, has tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO in an out-of-competition test carried out by the IAAF, the sport's governing body said on Thursday.
All five gold medals India earned from athletics at the Afro-Asian Games were from field events.
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands broke the 23-year-old women's mile world record on Friday when she clocked four minutes 12.33 seconds in a race dedicated to former American runner Gabe Grunewald, who died from cancer last month at the age of 32.
The 23-year-old world champion crossed the line in the Ras al-Khaimah half marathon three seconds quicker than the mark set by fellow Kenyan Florence Kiplagat in Barcelona two years ago, although the new record remains subject to ratification.
Ethiopia's world indoor champion Genzebe Dibaba broke the 22-year-old world women's 1,500 metres record on a sultry night at the Monaco Diamond League meet.
Tintu Luka failed again on the big stage, unable to make it to the semi-finals in the women's 800 metres run after finishing sixth in her heat at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday.
O P Jaisha and Kavita Raut, India's best distance runners and medallists at the Asian Games in the past, found themselves out of depth in the women's marathon at the Rio Olympics and finished way behind in the 150-plus field on Sunday.
Members of the first-ever Olympic refugee team visited Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ statue Saturday, with smiles as wide as their arms were outstretched, imitating the landmark's open embrace as they posed for photos.
Asian Games gold medallist Sudha Singh failed to qualify for the women's 3000m steeplechase final round as she finished a disappointing 12th in the heats in the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow on Saturday.
The Ethiopian broke the 5,000 metres indoor world record at a Grand Prix meeting held at Birmingham.
India contributed $10 million to the Ebola Trust Fund and helped in evacuating Indians as well as many foreign nationals from war-torn Yemen in 2015.
