U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Assistant Administrator Margot Ellis has travelled to Baku, Azerbaijan; and to Tbilisi, Georgia, to talk with stakeholders impact of foreign assistance and human rights. Ellis will engage stakeholders in Baku from May 17 –… Read More ›
The Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME), supported by the IAEA, was inaugurated in Jordan on Tuesday. Over the last decade, the IAEA has facilitated the training of dozens of scientists to support SESAME and to… Read More ›
By Shifu Awei China’s trade with Belt and Road countries reached about 20 trillion yuan (2.9 trillion U.S. dollars) during 2014-2016, an official said Wednesday. The Belt and Road Initiative aims to expand links between Asia, Africa and Europe through… Read More ›
On 11 May 2017, H.E. Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, visited the International Criminal Court (ICC) to meet with the President of the Court, Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, and the ICC Registrar Herman… Read More ›
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charles Flanagan TD on Tuesday addressed the Dáil during the Post-European Council Meeting Statements following the European Council on 29 April. “Following the adoption at the European Council on Saturday of the EU’s… Read More ›
Transparency International said corruption risks in Afghanistan hamper humanitarian aid from getting where it needs to go. A press release by TI on Thursday calls on the government of Afghanistan, donor agencies and humanitarian agencies to strengthen transparency and accountability… Read More ›
The congress of respected female Islamic clerics, the first of its kind in Indonesia which took place in Cirebon in West Java, urged an amendment to the 1974 Marriage Law, which allows girls to be married from age 16. The… Read More ›
