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.
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At least 38 people have died after an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday, officials said, as rescue workers rushed to reach areas closest to the epicentre.
Israeli strike kills 9 in south Lebanon, state news reports​
At least nine people have been killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon's state news agency said.
Trump says he will soon declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory
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Yemen government says Houthi missiles kill four in port city
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