Cornel Feruta has been named as the acting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
It comes after the death of Yukiya Amano earlier this week.
Members of the board held an extraordinary meeting on Thursday in which they decided to designate the Romanian official as acting director general.
During the meeting, all attendees stood a moment of silence as a respect gesture for the achievements of the late Japanese director.
Teacher dies after Thailand school shooting
A teacher has died on Thursday in southern Thailand's Hat Yai district after a gunman opened fire at a school where she worked at, the provincial administration said on social media.
Israel to join Trump's 'Board of Peace', Netanyahu says
Israel will join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington where he met Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Canadian police identify suspect in mass school shooting
The suspect in a deadly school shooting in western Canada has been identified as an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues who killed her mother and stepbrother before attacking her former school.
US lets flights resume at El Paso airport after brief security halt
The US Federal Aviation Administration lifted emergency flight restrictions that had barred all flights to and from Texas' El Paso International Airport, which borders Mexico, after warning flights could be cancelled for 10 days, citing special security reasons.
Ten dead after shooter opens fire at high school in Canada
Ten people, including the shooter, are dead after an assailant opened fire at a high school in western Canada on Tuesday in one of the country's deadliest mass casualty events in recent history.
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