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Hussein and Zahraa, 3, displaced Lebanese twins who fled with their parents from their village of Mais al-Jabal in south Lebanon amid the ongoing Hezbollah-Israel war, play on a gun with a twisted barrel statute, symbolizing anti-violence, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (AP Photo)

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak announced on Sunday evening this week would be focused on following up on agreements reached at the most recent meeting of chief negotiators in Brussels.

"Back to my main area of work, I will start my week in Geneva with important discussions on the Western Balkans.

A Byzantine-era oil lamp, seven coins, and a gold medallion dating back to the fourth century have been returned to Türkiye from Switzerland as a result of a cultural property trafficking investigation.

Swiss authorities initiated a probe into cultural heritage smuggling after discovering documents related to the illegal trade.

Wizz Air has quietly ceased operations on flights from Sofia to both Geneva, Switzerland, and Lisbon, Portugal. Tour operators informed TravelNews about the cancellations, noting that groups scheduled for these destinations were affected.

The population of Ukraine has decreased by eight million since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, leading to significant emigration and a drop in fertility rates, the United Nations reported on Tuesday (October 22).

Britain is urgently looking to reset its trading relationship with the European Union, and sees international commerce as key to reviving U.K. growth, Trade Minister Douglas Alexander has told AFP.

Alexander said Britain's 2016 vote to leave the EU caused "significant disruption" to its trade policy and the country needed to recalibrate its global trade outlook.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş delivered an address at the 149th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva on Monday, expressing deep concern over what he termed an "artificial intelligence-assisted genocide" in Gaza.

"We are dismayed by the ongoing artificial intelligence-assisted genocide in Gaza," Kurtulmuş stated.

The head of the UNHCR warned today that displacement crises in Lebanon and Sudan may worsen but stated that stricter border measures are not the solution, calling them ineffective and sometimes illegal.

Turkish parliament has received a presidential decree approving the establishment of a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) global office in Istanbul.

The agency will relocate to the Istanbul office its key operations, including human resources, emergency operations and major finance and administration units.