Western intelligence officials and diplomats told POLITICO they believed Nicaragua had filed the case against Germany at the U.N.’s top court at the behest of Moscow, speculating that Russia intended to undermine the ICJ’s authority by making it a venue for specious legal arguments. Germany has rejected Nicaragua’s claims, with Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, director of … Read more
Nicaragua has long been a champion of the Palestinian cause, but its move against Germany, with which it has traditionally enjoyed amicable ties, shocked many observers in Berlin and beyond. Just a week before Nicaragua brought the case against Germany on March 1, the German foreign ministry described the relationship between the two countries as … Read more
Thus, the EU must opt for impactful solutions that are proven to work. One of these is a breakthrough, a simplified approach to tackling childhood acute malnutrition using Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic-Food — over 90 percent effective in saving lives and 20 percent more cost-effective. The IRC has recently launched a new effort, the Movement Against Malnutrition, to … Read more
By Astrid Suarez and Manuel Rueda | Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Migrants bound for the U.S. are once again crossing the Darien Gap in large numbers, officials in Colombia said on Monday, after being stranded for much of last week in a small town along the country’s Caribbean coast due to a work stoppage … Read more
Embassy team has reached & obtained consular access, said the Indian Embassy in France after a Nicaragua-bound plane that took off from the UAE carrying 303 Indian passengers was grounded in France over suspected “human trafficking.” “French authorities informed us of a plane w/ 303 people, mostly Indian origin, from Dubai to Nicaragua detained on … Read more
