Category: 4. World

Speaking at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev drew attention to the weakening credibility of global institutions.

“Serious…

A woman whose body was found by a road in Spain two decades ago has been identified following an international police campaign.

Russian citizen Liudmila Zavada was discovered on 3 July…

The National Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to legalize tattooing by nonmedical professionals, ending a decadeslong ban that had criminalized the country’s thriving tattoo industry.

The landmark Tattooist Act passed a plenary session of…

The French navy has seized nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine, worth $610m (£540m) off the coast of West Africa, French authorities have said.

Two French naval vessels operating as part of Operation Corymbe intercepted the enormous cocaine haul from an…

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to the US took a circuitous route in an apparent effort to avoid countries that could enforce an outstanding arrest…

With the United Nations General Assembly taking place in New York right now, we’re seeing lots of interesting government aircraft headed to New York. However, arguably no plane is taking a more interesting path than that of Israeli Prime…

The day before global leaders convened this week in New York City for the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia joined the vast majority of the world’s…