During a virtual press briefing from Geneva, Dr. Nima Saeed Abid, who assumed the position of WHO representative in Sudan on August 4, 2020, expressed concern about the “grave biological risk” that emerged after one of the warring factions took control of the central public health laboratory. The seized facility contained samples of measles and polio, making the situation “incredibly... 

A severely drunk illegal migrant from Africa was arrested for beating and gashing a woman with a bottle in France last week, according to reports. The disturbing incident unfolded at around 6 p.m. last Friday evening in Annemasse, a French city near Geneva, Switzerland. A woman had just left her job at a pharmacy in the town center and was preparing to step into her car when a man ambushed her and... 

According to a long-awaited report issued on Wednesday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, China has perpetrated “severe human rights breaches” against Uyghur Muslims in its northwest province of Xinjiang, which may constitute “crimes against humanity.” The exhaustive 45-page report was released moments before departing commissioner Michelle Bachelet’s mandate... 

Dangerous military-biological weapons have been found in Ukraine, according to Russia’s permanent representative at the UN office in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov. The purpose of the bioweapons were to investigate the potential of deadly diseases, such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Freewestmedia.com reports: According to Gatilov, the project was funded by the German Foreign Ministry and the German... 

An international treaty seeks to ban the production of robots armed with weapons that can kill people. The treaty seeks to limit production of robots for peaceful purposes such as factory robots, house robots, delivery robots, helper robots, entertainment robots but NO killer robots. Many agree that robots must not be produced with the purpose and training to kill people but who do you think DOESN’T... 

Boston, Calgary, Perth and Macau – all associated with material wealth – have failed to make this list of the 15 richest cities in the world, compiled by market research firm New World Wealth. The data gathered by the researchers reflects the total amount of private wealth held by all the individuals living in each of the cities on the list. Unlike traditional ratings, this top 15 is not based... 

Black Lives Matter protest leader Charles Wade was arrested in April and held on seven counts relating to human trafficking and prostitution. Charles Wade was a leader in the Ferguson, Missouri Black Lives Matter movement after the death of robber Michael Brown. Via Weasel Zippers: Wade was flown to Geneva, Switzerland to speak to the United Nations on police abuse in November 2014 before activists... 

It’s almost the New Year, and while 2016 doesn’t come coated with the same doomsday paranoia that accompanied 2012, it never hurts to be prepared. A new year means another 365 days (in 2016’s case, 366) which, if you are inclined to be fatalistic, could lead to humanity’s doom. In the event of a catastrophic meteor collision, suffocating nuclear winter, or solar storm capable of knocking... 

The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is reporting today that President Barack Obama made a highly secret nighttime visit to Boston on Tuesday (2 June) where he met with US Air Force surgeons and medical personal fighting to save the life of US Secretary of State John Kerry who was gravely wounded this past Sunday (31 May) during a gun battle with what has been described as Islamic State of Iraq... 

A new Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) report circulating in the Kremlin today says that US Secretary of John Kerry was “gravely wounded” yesterday (31 May) after a secret meeting he was holding with a top Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL) commander erupted in gunfire in what Federation intelligence analysts are calling an “obvious assassination attempt”. According to this... 

A Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a presidential decree paving the way for the long-overdue delivery of S-300 missile system to Iran, the Kremlin says. Putin’s decree lifts a ban on “the shipment from Russia to Iran” of the S-300 missiles, the Kremlin said in a statement on Monday. The decree lifts the ban on transit through the... 

David Nabarro, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy on Ebola. The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy on Ebola says the deadly virus is “still flaming strongly” in some parts of West Africa. David Nabarro made the remarks during a news conference on Tuesday in the Swiss city of Geneva. “We know the outbreak is still flaming strongly in... 

Canada has planned to ship 800 vials of its Ebola vaccine to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva to curb the outbreak of the disease. The experimental vaccines will be distributed by WHO in the countries most affected by the disease, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced. “The vaccine is undergoing clinical trials on humans at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in the United... 

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the use of unproven drugs against deadly and highly contagious Ebola virus in West Africa “ethical” as long as the provision satisfied certain criteria. “The panelists said ethical criteria must always guide the provision of such intervention,” Assistant Director-General of the WHO Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny told journalists in Geneva,... 

The United States is exerting pressure on the United Nations to withdraw its invitation of Iran to take part in this week international peace conference on the Syrian crisis. A senior US State Department official claimed on Monday that Tehran has “never endorsed the Geneva I communiqué” and “we expect the invitation will be rescinded.” Washington has urged the UN to withdraw Iran’s...