Nigeria and Iraq have become the 48th and 49th Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (known as the UN Water Convention). This unique international legal and intergovernmental framework aims to ensure the sustainable use...
Catholic church leaders in Ethiopia are welcoming a U.S.-funded food security program that will benefit millions of people suffering from the drought in the Horn of Africa country. Ethiopia — like Kenya and Somalia — is experiencing a severe drought described as the worst in living...
Israel’s police commissioner on Friday called on Israeli settlers who have firearms licenses to carry their guns for now amid tension with Palestinians. Kobi Shabtai made the remarks following an attack near the Hamra settlement in the northern West Bank which left two Israeli settlers...
Kenes Rakishev, entrepreneur and former special envoy for Kazakhstan and Vyacheslav Kim, both among the Top 10 richest businessmen in Kazakhstan according to Forbes, have announced their intention to create a new venture fund based on the International Financial Center in Astana. They...
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Corporation on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 31, almost two months after the Atlanta-based company’s train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The lawsuit, which alleges that Norfolk...
