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We speak to Bruno Roelants, the retired director general of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). He

The massive leak of a treasure trove of highly-classified US intelligence reports—described as “one of the most remarkable disclosures of American secrets in the last decade”-– has also reveal

Some of the historic United Nations conference rooms become areas for diplomats to gather and watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and negotiate in what became to be known as sports diplomacy, Qatari Ambassador to the world body Sheikha Alya bint Ahmed Al Thani told Sputnik

Doha: A number of the State of Qatar s diplomatic missions abroad continue to organise several activities to celebrate the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022....

HE the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani has stressed the keenness of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin

Amirs speech in UNGA to attract world leaders attention: Sheikha Alya

No Comment and Don’t Quote Me On That Un, From the sublime to the hilarious The United Nations is an institution mired in politics focusing primarily on military conflicts, civil wars, economic sanctions, peacekeeping, plus sustainable economic development. But there is also a lighter side to it, which is brilliantly laid out in a new book released last week on Amazon titled “No Comment and Don’t Quote Me on That.” It takes years to write a good book, and in this insightful memoir, T...

Roderic Grigson was Asia Pacific Vice President for Novell, a global networking company, working in Melbourne Australia until he retired from corporate life to become a full-time writer. He worked at the United Nations Secretariat in New York in the ‘70s and ‘80s as a technology innovations officer, serving in UN peacekeeping forces in the Middle East. He is the author of Sacred Tears, The Sullen Hills and After the Flames, a trilogy of thrillers set in war-torn Sri Lanka, and is currently...