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June 19, 2019 at 3:06 am

‘Joints will be separated’: Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, retold

GENEVA (AP) — The gathering on the second floor of the Saudi consulate featured an unlikely collection: a forensic doctor, intelligence and security officers, agents...

June 18, 2019 at 10:09 pm

U.N.: Nearly 71 million now displaced by war, violence at home

The figures, coming on the eve of World Refugee Day, are bound to add fuel to a debate at the intersection of international law, human...

Nation & World

June 14, 2019 at 5:27 am

UN says Ebola outbreak in Congo still not a global emergency VIEW

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization on Friday said the Ebola outbreak in Congo — which spilled into Uganda this week — is an...

Some thousands of women protest during a nationwide women’s strike Friday, June 14, 2019, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Some thousands of women across Switzerland walked off the job, burned bras and blocked traffic Friday in a day of demonstrations to demand fairer pay, more equality and an end to sexual harassment and violence against women.(Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP) LON834 LON834

June 14, 2019 at 12:17 am

Women strike in Switzerland for fairer pay, more equality VIEW

GENEVA (AP) — Thousands of women across Switzerland walked off the job, burned bras and blocked traffic Friday in a day of demonstrations to demand...

This photo released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) shows a Congolese refugee boy washing his hands before entering one of the medical tents used for evaluating newly arrived Congolese for potential symptoms of Ebola, at the Kyaka refugee settlement in western Uganda Wednesday, June 12, 2019. A 5-year-old boy in Uganda vomiting blood became the first cross-border victim in the current Ebola outbreak on Wednesday, while his 3-year-old brother and grandmother tested positive for the disease that has killed nearly 1,400 people in Congo. (Kellie Ryan/International Rescue Committee via AP) NAI803 NAI803

June 13, 2019 at 12:38 am

Congo pastor likely sparked Ebola outbreak spread to Uganda VIEW

BWERA, Uganda (AP) — The Congolese pastor who is thought to have caused the Ebola outbreak's spread into Uganda was unknown to health officials before...

June 11, 2019 at 7:29 am

Seen as pro-business, Macron shifts to the left at UN body VIEW

GENEVA (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday called for an EU-wide minimum wage and a stepped-up fight against inequality, in what represents a...

Business

June 10, 2019 at 1:31 pm

Georgian leader sees NATO future, seeks tough line on Russia

GENEVA (AP) — Georgia's president wants Western countries to do more to face up to Russia and the "very heavy pressure" she says Moscow exerts...

June 1, 2019 at 8:16 am

Pompeo visits elite event as Trump policies raise questions VIEW

MONTREUX, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday joined Jared Kushner at a closed-doors meeting of the Bilderberg Group in the...

Business

May 28, 2019 at 8:38 am

Aid group: Most new Ebola cases were not known contacts

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization emphasized progress in the fight against Ebola in eastern Congo even as Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday that...

May 28, 2019 at 3:08 am

Venezuelan envoy lashes back after US walkout from UN body

GENEVA (AP) — Venezuela's ambassador in Geneva mocked as "ridiculous" a U.S. walkout Tuesday from his chairmanship of the U.N.'s main disarmament body, launching barbs...