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.
Russian drone, missile attack on Kyiv hits residential buildings
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight killing at least two people and injuring more than a dozen, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings and started a fire in a hotel on a central boulevard.
US, Iran talks conclude in Doha, focused on Strait of Hormuz
Iran and the US concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago.
Trump honours Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota, debuts new Air Force One
President Donald Trump dedicated a museum honouring Theodore Roosevelt on Wednesday, invoking the Republican president's legacy and linking it to his own vision for America ahead of the country's 250th anniversary.
Kenyan court charges 8 schoolgirls with fellow students' murder
A Kenyan court charged eight schoolgirls on Wednesday with murder for the deaths of 16 of their fellow students in a dormitory fire at a school in late May.
At least 5 people killed in fire in Antwerp apartment block
At least five people were killed in a fire in a 10-storey apartment building in the Belgian city of Antwerp on Wednesday, police said.
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