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UN urges immediate action to address gang violence in Haiti

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday called for “immediate and decisive” action to tackle the escalating gang violence in Haiti.

In a press release from Geneva, Turk welcomed recent steps taken by Haiti’s transitional governme…

Kuwait Amir’s Rep. returns home after attending UNGA session

Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his accompanying delegation returned to Kuwait after leading the country’s delegation partaking …

Kuwaiti, Uzbek FMs meet on UNGA sidelines

Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya met late Thursday with his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov, on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the United Nations General Assembly at its 79th session in New York City.

Both sides disc…

Kuwaiti FM meets Venezuelan counterpart on UNGA sidelines

Kuwait’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya met late Thursday with his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil Pinto, on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the United Nations General Assembly at its 79th session in New York City.

The meeting…

Japan’s ruling party picks former DM Ishiba as new leader

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) elected former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as a new party leader on Friday, virtually allowing him to become the next prime minister.

The 67-year-old Ishiba beat Minister of State for Economic Secu…