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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday blocked four Georgian judicial officials from entering the country due to their involvement in “significant corruption,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Blinken named the officials as Mikheil Chinchaladze, Levan Murusidze, Irakli Shengelia and Valerian Tsertsvadze. “These individuals abused their positions as court Chairmen and members of Georgia’s High Council of Justice,” Blinken said, adding that Washington would […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday blocked four Georgian judicial officials from entering the country due to their involvement in “significant corruption,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Blinken named the officials as Mikheil Chinchaladze, Levan Murusidze, Irakli Shengelia and Valerian Tsertsvadze. “These individuals abused their positions as court Chairmen and members of Georgia’s High Council of Justice,” Blinken said, adding that Washington would […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday blocked four Georgian judicial officials from entering the country due to their involvement in “significant corruption,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Blinken named the officials as Mikheil Chinchaladze, Levan Murusidze, Irakli Shengelia and Valerian Tsertsvadze. “These individuals abused their positions as court Chairmen and members of Georgia’s High Council of Justice,” Blinken said, adding that Washington would […]

By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is working through the process to determine whether Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention by Russia is “wrongful”, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, adding it would soon be completed. “It’s something that we’re working through very deliberately, but expeditiously as well. And I’ll let that process play out,” Blinken said in a news […]

By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is working through the process to determine whether Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention by Russia is “wrongful”, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, adding it would soon be completed. “It’s something that we’re working through very deliberately, but expeditiously as well. And I’ll let that process play out,” Blinken said in a news […]

By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is working through the process to determine whether Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention by Russia is “wrongful”, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, adding it would soon be completed. “It’s something that we’re working through very deliberately, but expeditiously as well. And I’ll let that process play out,” Blinken said in a news […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities for banning Afghan women from working for the United Nations and called for the decision to be immediately revoked. “This is a violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women,” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on behalf of the secretary-general. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said that, although it could not accept the […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities for banning Afghan women from working for the United Nations and called for the decision to be immediately revoked. “This is a violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women,” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on behalf of the secretary-general. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said that, although it could not accept the […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities for banning Afghan women from working for the United Nations and called for the decision to be immediately revoked. “This is a violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women,” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on behalf of the secretary-general. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said that, although it could not accept the […]