UNITED NATIONS

Grossi becomes the first IAEA head from Latin America and is believed to have had the backing of the US

The International Monetary Fund says it looks forward to working with Argentina's new government

A Palestinian protester makes an insulting gesture to Israeli border guards during a protest against construction of an Israeli outpost near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank

Trade and the impact on global growth overshadowed the discussions of global finance officials gathered for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings

Venezuela has been elected to one of two seats alloted for Latin America on the UN Human Rights Council -- beating Costa Rica

Georgieva said the possible Brexit breakthrough was 'welcome' news

International Monetary Funds Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the US-China trade truce was 'not good enough'

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said she never knew she could negotiate for a higher salary

UN peacekeepers patrol gang territory in Port-au-Prince in July 2019 -- the United Nations' 15-year-old peacekeeping mission in Haiti is being replaced by a scaled down political mission

Acting Director General of IAEA, Romania's Cornel Feruta (r), and Argentina's Mariano Grossi are vying for the top IAEA job

IMF growth forecasts for selected European countries

Chinese-made cars waiting to be loaded on a ship for export in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. The IMF has trimmed China's growth forecast for 2019 on the back of the trade war with the US and weak domestic consumer demand

The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, is now accepting donations in cryptocurrencies through their newly established UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the global body is in dire financial straits

Georgieva said the IMF will cut its forecast for global growth amid a 'synchronized slowdown'

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet urged Australia to reform its criminal and refugee detention systems

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the global body is in dire financial straits

China claims the area under the “Nine-Dash-Line” that encompasses most of the South China Sea and largely ignores any EEZ in the region.

The UN and several Western nations expressed concern over the promotion of Major General Shavendra Silva

Some fear a return of the bad old hyperinflation days

Georgieva survived a challenge within the European Union from Germany, which backed a Dutch former finance minister