Tag: Geneva
Brazil calls on Swiss for help in Olympic vote-buying case
BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Brazilian authorities investigating Olympic official Carlos Nuzman in a vote-buying case have asked for help from prosecutors in Switzerland, where...
Brazil calls on Swiss for help in Olympic vote-buying case
BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Brazilian authorities investigating Olympic official Carlos Nuzman in a vote-buying case have asked prosecutors in Switzerland for help.The office of...
UN: 63 presumed dead in shipwreck involving Rohingya Muslims
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. migration agency said Friday that more than 60 people are either confirmed dead or missing and presumed dead following...
UN says 60 Rohingya Muslims presumed dead in shipwreck
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. migration agency says more than 60 people are either confirmed dead or missing and presumed dead following the shipwreck...
Syria says victory is in sight over terrorists
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Syria's foreign minister told world leaders Saturday that his country is "marching steadily" toward the goal of rooting out terrorism...
UN expert defends use of donation before reporting on Russia
GENEVA (AP) - A U.N. human rights expert took the unusual step Friday of publicly defending his use of a $50,000 donation from Russia's...
Dirty money? Wads of cut-up cash found in Geneva toilets
GENEVA (AP) - Talk about flush with cash.A Geneva official has confirmed a newspaper report that said wads of cut-up 500-euro notes (about $600...
Fleeing Rohingya Muslims watch as homes burn in Myanmar
TUMBRU, Bangladesh (AP) - Days after fleeing their village on the Myanmar side of the border fence, a group of Rohingya Muslims watched from...
Fleeing Rohingya Muslims watch as homes burn in Myanmar
TUMBRU, Bangladesh (AP) - Groups of fleeing Rohingya Muslims watched from inside Bangladesh on Friday as another of the homes in their abandoned village...
Rights group: China must stop pressuring advocates at UN
GENEVA (AP) - A human rights group said in a new report on Tuesday that China has tried to intimidate, blacklist and squelch the...
