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United Nations Security Council. (Photo: AP/File)

Russia slammed for vetoing UN resolution examining use of chemical...

Russia has blocked such a move by the UN Security Council a number of times.

25 Oct 2017 4:15 PM IST

U.S. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. (Photo: AP)

Key to getting India on UN Security Council is 'not to touch veto': US...

Haley said the US Congress or the Senate can't have much role in reforming the Security Council.

18 Oct 2017 9:10 AM IST

Syed Akbaruddin, Indias permanent representative at the UN

India's ICJ win: The contest was about the future of multilateralism'

Diplomacy is all about utilising every opportunity to promote your interests and following the best path to pursue your...

28 Nov 2017 5:29 AM IST

The shell of a building stands amid acres of rubble in this view of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. (Photo: AP)

It's time to treat India as a N-weapons state

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was devastated and three days later, on August 9, Nagasaki was decimated.

25 Nov 2017 4:56 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. (Photo: AP)

China blocks UN listing of Masood Azhar as global terrorist

Notably, China was the only country opposing the designation of Azhar by the Security Council as a terrorist.

3 Nov 2017 4:03 AM IST

US House of Representatives (File Photo)

US lawmakers introduce resolution to support India's UNSC permanent...

The UN Security Council still reflects the world as it was in 1945 when the United Nations was created, a Congressional...

27 Sept 2017 6:29 PM IST

Afghanistans foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani (Photo: AP)

Terrorism in Afghanistan product of Pak's lon-standing policy: Rabbani...

'Afghanistan has maintained a principal position of seeking to resolve differences with Pakistan through dialogue',...

26 Sept 2017 2:45 PM IST

Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin. (Photo: PTI)

Syed Akbaruddin tells UNSC, 'India seeks zero tolerance against...

Akbaruddin said these terrorist groups should be treated like terrorist organisations with no justifications offered for...

26 Sept 2017 11:56 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj delivers her speech during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

We are fighting poverty, but Pak fighting against us: Sushma in UN...

The foreign minister spelled out concerns like terrorism, climate change, maritime security, nuclear proliferation and...

23 Sept 2017 8:40 PM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: AP)

Sushma Swaraj to meet G-4 leaders on strategy

The four countries are looking to be permanent members of the UN Security Council.

21 Sept 2017 4:14 AM IST

In this undated image distributed on Sunday by Pyongyang shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. North Koreas state media said Kim inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new ICBM. (Photo: AP)

North Korean group demands US to be 'beaten to death' like a 'rabid...

North Korea has a long history of issuing dramatic threats against the US and its allies but not carrying them out.

14 Sept 2017 11:52 AM IST

The United Nations Security Council in session (Photo: AP)

N Korea nuke yield estimated at 250 kilotons, 16 times more powerful...

UNSC unanimously imposed an 8th set of sanctions on the North Korea, banning it from trading in textiles and restricting...

13 Sept 2017 12:45 PM IST