Geneva: Amy Pope of the United States elbowed aside her European boss to land the top job at the International Organization for Migration, winning her bid to become the first woman to lead the UN migration agency. Pope, 49, defeated IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino of
Moscow: Russian officials denounced comments by French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow was becoming subservient to China, saying Western countries must get used to a world underpinned by the Kremlin's close ties with Beijing. The Russian criticism focused on an interview Macron gave to the Paris
Karpathos, Greece: They may live in a tourist paradise, but many villagers on Greek islands despair of a central government they say does little for them. "We are second-class citizens," said retired sailor Manolis Melaisis, sitting outside a cafe in Diafani on the island of Karpathos. "No
Nairobi: Kenya and Somalia have agreed to reopen their common border after more than a decade, Kenya's interior minister said as ties warm between the two neighbours following years of tensions. The announcement came after a high-level joint ministerial meeting in Nairobi on cooperation including on
United Nations: The United Nations commemorated for the first time in its history, the mass displacement of Palestinians from land that was to become Israel, 75 years ago, that turned 700,000 Palestinians into refugees, almost overnight. The mass displacement in 1948, known as the Nakba (meaning
United Nations: The World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has released new guidance advising against the use of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) to control weight or manage non-communicable diseases, citing a lack of evidence that these products have any long-term benefits. The WHO also noted
Washington DC: The Biden administration wants the Indian government to condemn acts of violence based on religion and hold the perpetrators accountable, a senior official said, just a month before a state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The State Department released an annual report on
Kyiv: Anti-corruption authorities in Ukraine said on Tuesday they had detained the head of the country’s Supreme Court in an investigation they cast as an important step in Kyiv’s fight against high-level graft. Kyiv has redoubled efforts to clamp down on corruption despite Russia’s invasion, and
Uttar Pradesh: A woman won a local election in India almost two weeks after her death as supporters kept their pledge to back her in a sign of respect, officials said. Ashiya Bi polled nearly 44 percent of the vote in the race for a municipal
Beijing: China has sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison for espionage, a court said Monday, but revealed few details about the case that had previously gone unreported. Such heavy terms are relatively rare for foreign citizens in China, and the jailing of American