Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik peaks at a campaign rally at Madison quare Garden, New York, on October 27 024. (Keystone/AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

😰Trump's expected retreat from the UN stokes financial jitters in Geneva. Donald Trump’s return to the White House on 20 January 2025 spells uncertainty about the future of US funding for the UN. Heavily dependent on Washington’s deep pockets, Geneva’s international crowd worries it could threaten its financial stability.

⚖️Egyptian diplomat shot dead in Geneva: a federal trial with an unlikely cast and a crime that remains a mystery. Twenty-nine years after the bloody execution of a mission attaché, a duo is set to stand trial in Switzerland for their alleged involvement in the murder. DNA was found at the scene, but the defendants deny any involvement.

🇬🇷Greece failed to identify sex trafficking victims in migrant centre, UN expert alleges. In a letter to the government, special rapporteur on trafficking in persons Siobhán Mullally said the authorities may have missed hundreds of cases at a centre on the island of Samos.

🏗️Israel has demolished over 1,500 West Bank facilities in 2024, says UN. Data from the UN's humanitarian relief branch showed that over 3,600 Palestinians had been displaced by Israel's demolition campaign since the beginning of the year.