Geneva News

Officials at the United Nations in Geneva say the Human Rights Council is gearing up to hold an emergency session on last week's massacre of more than 100 Syrian villagers.

Frustrated by China's market barriers, European companies might shift future investment to other economies, a business group said Tuesday, in an unusually pointed warning about a possible backlash over Beijing's trade policies.

Iranian negotiators on Thursday rejected proposals by six world powers to curb Tehran's nuclear program, and demanded answers to their own counteroffer meant to alleviate concerns about the Islamic Republic's ability to build atomic weapons.

The negotiating stance from Iranian officials never varies: The Islamic Republic will not give up its capabilities to make nuclear fuel.

The founding president of the Autry National Center of the American West, a group of museums in Los Angeles and Denver, has been named director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington.

The routine water main flushing may discolor tap water. It's not a health hazard, but it can stain laundry.

A spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says Bahraini authorities have now "recognized the importance of moving away from military justice for civilians." Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday there is no reason for al-Khawaja to be held "incommunicado" - and the jailed Bahraini hunger striker should have immediate ... (more)

IOM spokesman Jean-Philippe Chauzy says his organization is "deeply concerned" because 12,000 to 15,000 South Sudanese lack the means to get home from the Sudanese town of Kosti, south of Khartoum.