The arrest of a European Parliament vice president and five others has shaken European institutions. But the shocked reactions to the scandal sidestep the root problem: widely accepted shadow lobbying inside the European Union.
BRUSSELS (AN) – In a fiery speech, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola expressed her anger at the Qatari cash-and-influence peddling probe unfolding in her midst.
"Make no mistake. The European Parliament, dear colleagues, is under attack. European democracy is under attack. And our way of open, free, democratic societies are under attack," Metsola told the Parliament.
The International Court of Justice heard testimony on the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of Palestinian territories.
The ruling is the first of two that are expected this week from a decade of conflict-turned-war between Russia and Ukraine.
Nine staff were immediately identified and terminated. Two were still being identified; one was confirmed dead.
Justices at The Hague granted South Africa's request for provisional measures against the Israeli military in Gaza.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The humanitarian nightmare and attacks on civilians in Gaza dominated the U.N. Security Council's quarterly open debate.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
