ROME – Spain’s decades-long run of bad luck in the politics of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) evidently continues as an expected show of unity by

 ROME -- In a move evidently backed by the Islamic Conference Organization and China, the controversial International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Pre

BRUSSELS — Italy’s failure to compensate for discrimination against foreign university lecturers “constititutes a serious reason for concern” and the EU Commission “is currently preparing next step

 ROME -- In a move that has surprised the diplomatic community in Rome and UN staff, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)  President Gilbert

 ROME - Bruno Botta, Vice Chancellor for International Affairs at La Sapienza University, is urgently engaged with the foreign ministries, asking to persuade the

 ROME – Dutch influence at the FAO could be set to increase further with speculation that Netherlands wheeler-dealer Ilja Betlem may be promoted to Chinese DG Qu D

 ROME-- Italian special forces troops have rescued some of the hundreds of former Afghan interpreters with the Italian army who were waiting for several days with

 ROME -- The appointment of Iraqi 'hungercrat' Raschad Al-Khafaji as the head

 ROME -- The Chinese Embassy in Rome has lambasted the Forza Italia senator Maurizio Gasparri after he lashed out at Beijing in a tweet saying "China is the shame

  MOSCOW -- The 15th International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS 2021- the first international airshow since the start of the pandemic- was held on July 20-25  in

 BEIRUT – On Aug. 4 one year ago a human tragedy erupted on an apparently peaceful afternoon in the Lebanese capital. It was 6 p.m.

 NEW YORK —Days after the most recent flare-up between Algeria and Morocco over the thorny issue of Western Sahara, the

  ALGIERS -- Continuing his first contacts with his counterparts in the world, the Algerian foreign minister and the national community abroad, Ramtane Lamamra, ha

ROME – As many as 15,000 immigrants are poised to cross the Mediterranean from Tunisia to Italy in response to the mushrooming political instability in the north

 ROME -- FAO Director General Qu Dongyu has launched a charm offensive toward France, appointing French astronaut Thomas Pesquet as a goodwill ambassador of the U

  ROME - After a tough 18 months for Israel and the Middle East, regional experts Omar Al Busaidy and Moran Zaga, speaking at the latest EGIC conference on Gulf-Israel relations, were confident tha

  LONDON - Six months after the UK officially left the European Union, the country is facing a workplace crisis, with 18

 ROME – A video of a former dedicated woman employee of the World Food Programme who worked for the UN agency for 17 years in senior positions in Africa has gone