The Latest Breaking News from Geneva

WHO says monkeypox not currently a global health emergency

GENEVA: The World Health Organization's chief said Saturday that the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning evolving threat but did not currently amount to a global public health emergency.

Bangkok Post · Jun 26, 2022

UN Rights Office Says Its Findings Suggest Al Jazeera Journalist Killed by Israeli Forces

Information reviewed by the UN human rights office suggests Israeli security forces fired the shot that killed Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in May, not indiscriminate firing from Palestinians, a spokesperson said on Friday. "It is deeply disturbing that Israeli authorities have not conducted a criminal investigation," Ravina Shamdasani told…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 24, 2022

Libya legislative heads to tackle election standoff in meeting

The leaders of Libya's two legislative chambers will meet in Geneva next week for last-ditch talks on a constitutional basis for elections, the United Nations said on Thursday, but analysts see little prospect of a breakthrough.

Reuters · Jun 24, 2022

India scores big at WTO, ministerial conference sees some landmark decisions

GENEVA: India changed the narrative and controlled it well from beginning to end at the WTO ministerial conference that saw some landmark decisions and the country's image has risen phenomenally in the world community, sources said.

The Times of India · Jun 17, 2022

WTO Strikes Landmark Deals Package after Tense Talks

The World Trade Organization concluded hard-won deals Friday on fishing subsidies, food insecurity and Covid-19 vaccines in a landmark bundle of agreements secured through hectic round-the-clock talks. WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the trade ministers' conference had struck an "unprecedented package of deliverables" which would make a difference to people's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 17, 2022

All the easyJet flights cancelled from and to Gatwick today OLD WED

Some flights to and from Paris CDG on Thursday morning are grounded because of industrial action

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

Swiss airspace reopens after computer glitch

Geneva airport announced that it had begun gradually resuming flights after a computer glitch closed down Switzerland's airspace Wednesday morning. The air traffic control system grounded flights at the country's main airports, officials said.

France 24 · Jun 15, 2022

India sticks to fishing demands as WTO tries to avoid impasse

GENEVA: Prospects for a grand redemption of the World Trade Organization dimmed as India stuck to its demands on several fronts during the third day of the trade body’s ministerial conference in Geneva.

The Times of India · Jun 15, 2022

Russia Considers Turkey’s Possible Military Operation in Syria Unwise

Russia considers Turkey's possible military operation in Syria unwise as it could escalate and destabilize the situation, the RIA news agency cited Russia's Syria envoy Alexander Lavrentyev as saying on Wednesday. Lavrentyev also said Moscow no longer considered Geneva a suitable venue for talks between Syrians, according to the TASS…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 15, 2022

Indian workers kept in ‘slave labour-like’ conditions in Qatar: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

The RSS-affiliated trade union takes up the issue with Qatar during International Labour Conference in Geneva

The Hindu · Jun 14, 2022