International

• Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 08:29 UTC

  Prosecutor Nisman ready to quit if accused Iranian officials surrender to face trial

  

  Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman responsible for the investigation into the 1994 bombing of a Jewish institution in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and which points as culprits to several Iranian officials said he will step down if those Iranians named in the report “surrender to face trial”.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 08:19 UTC

  Argentina first of 66 countries to sign UN Arms Trade Treaty; US on hold

  

  Representatives of sixty six countries lined up at U.N. headquarters in New York to sign the first international treaty to regulate the 85 billion dollars global conventional arms trade, a landmark event. However doubts exist about whether the treaty will work.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:52 UTC

  Record death of whales and calves in Patagonia; scientists investigating

  

  Southern Right Whales are dying off at a record rate in Argentina's Patagonia region, a conservation group warned.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:40 UTC

  Delta CEO appointed new IATTA chairman; top of the agenda environment

  

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Richard H. Anderson, CEO of Delta Air Lines, has assumed his duties as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:35 UTC

  A new interaction emerging between US and the region, says panel of experts

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) hosted its 51st Policy Roundtable on the theme “Power Shifts in Latin America: Current Trends” at the headquarters of the organization in Washington, DC. Most experts coincided in a new interaction between the US and the region despite ideology still plays a role, but overall the old elites are being eclipse.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:28 UTC

  One third of all food produced fails to make it from farm to table, says UN

  

  We live in a world of plenty, where food production outstrips demand, yet 870 million people are undernourished and childhood stunting is a silent pandemic. To create the future we want, we must correct this inequity.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:22 UTC

  Environment Day looks to Mongolia for ideas on how to avoid food waste and loss

  

  Every year on June 5th, people across the planet celebrate the United Nations World Environment Day. It is a day for action where hundreds of thousands of activities take place in virtually every country in the world to improve the environment now and for the future, says the message from Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2013 - 08:19 UTC

  Iran calls Argentine prosecutor ‘Zionist’ and denies infiltration in South America

  

  In a brief but extremely aggressive release the Iranian Foreign Ministry rejected point blank the report from Argentine Prosecutor Alberto Nisman whom they described as “Zionist” and denied all allegations that Tehran has infiltrated nine South American countries to commit terrorist acts.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2013 - 08:13 UTC

  Gibraltar celebrates becoming UEFA 54th member with a 54p stamp

  

  A stamp has been issued to commemorate Gibraltar’s historic achievement of becoming the 54th Uefa member. The Government opted for a 54p value as Gibraltar is now the 54th member country. Stephen Perera photographed the embroidered badge from a new GFA team jersey and the GFA’s founding year of 1895 is clearly visible for the world to see

• Tuesday, June 4th 2013 - 07:49 UTC

  Aurora Expeditions Wins ‘Best Overall Use of Social Media’ at 2013 SMITTY Awards

  

  After becoming the first cruise operator to implement a brand new social media tracking service on their remote voyages to Antarctica and the Arctic earlier this year, Aurora Expeditions has now taken home an award at the 2013 TRAVEL + LEISURE SMITTY (Social Media in Travel and Tourism) Awards.