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Sadako Ogata, first female UNHCR chief passes away

Sadako Ogata (92), a high-profile Japanese diplomat who served as the first female United Nations High Commissioner for...

📅 October 29, 2019

Baku hosts 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit 2019

The 18th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) 2019 is being held...

📅 October 21, 2019

Ursula von der Leyen elected as European Commission’s first female president

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has been elected as the first female president of European Commission...

📅 July 17, 2019

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev elected as new president of Kazakhstan

On 9 June, Interim President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has won the 2019 Presidential election of Kazakhstan with 70.96% of...

📅 June 11, 2019

Prayuth Chan-ocha elected as new Prime Minister of Thailand

The Thai parliament has recently elected ex military government chief Prayuth Chan-ocha as its new Prime Minister. He...

📅 June 8, 2019

Dia Mirza appointed as new SDG Advocate of UN

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed 17 global figures including Indian actress Dia Mirza and Alibaba...

📅 May 10, 2019

King Maha Vajiralongkorn crowned as Rama X of Thailand

King Maha Vajiralongkorn has been crowned as the Rama X of Thailand in a dazzling show of pageantry...

📅 May 4, 2019

Kazakhstan officially renames its capital as ‘Nursultan’

Kazakhstan has officially renamed its capital Astana to Nursultan to honour outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev who stepped down...

📅 March 22, 2019

Nursultan Nazarbayev, longest-serving post-Soviet leader, passes away

Nursultan Nazarbayev, the longest-serving post-Soviet leader, has unexpectedly resigned as president of Kazakhstan after 29 years in power...

📅 March 20, 2019

Former PM of Nepal Tulsi Giri passes away

Tulsi Giri (93), Nepal’s two-time prime minister and senior politician, has passed away in Kathmandu, Nepal on December...

📅 December 18, 2018

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