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18-year-old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed al-Qanun (2nd L) being escorted by a Thai immigration officer (R) and UNHCR officials at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok. (Photo: AFP)

Saudi teen is refugee, UN confirms, asks Australia to resettle

UN has found that a teenage woman who fled Saudi to Thailand is legitimate refugee and has asked Australia to take her...

9 Jan 2019 12:42 PM IST

Frances President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak during a bilateral meeting on the second day of the G-20 Leaders Summit in Buenos Aires on December 1, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

After assuming UNSC presidency, France to bring proposal to ban Masood...

France is working on a proposal to ban chief of the UN-proscribed Jaish-e Muhammad (JeM) Masood Azhar.

27 Feb 2019 1:11 PM IST

Even though Pakistan has denied Indian Air Force had ambushed terror camp and cause heavy casualties, Islamabad vowed to respond at the time and place of its choosing and will raise issue at the United Nation and other international forums. (Photo: PTI)

Pak warns India of 'surprise', calls Nuclear authority meeting: report

Apart from the National Command Authority meet, Pakistan government has also called a joint session of Parliament on...

27 Feb 2019 10:57 AM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to the five permanent members of the Security Council to break the current deadlock on reported use of chemical weapons in Syria and prevent the situation spiralling out of control in the war-torn country. (Photo: AP)

After IAF strikes, UN chief asks India, Pakistan to exercise maximum...

The UN Secretary General's remarks came after IAF carried out a pre-dawn air strike on a terror training camp inside...

27 Feb 2019 9:20 AM IST

Azhar alias Ustad Gauri was heading the terror camp in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Photo:ANI)

Azhar Yusuf, involved in 1999 IA plane hijack, victim of IAF strike

Azhar Yusuf, brother-in-law of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar was one of the targets of the Indian air strikes on...

26 Feb 2019 1:54 PM IST

Syrian rescuers evacuate badly injured people following regime strikes on the besieged rebel-held enclave of Kafr Batna near Damascus on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Civilian deaths in Afghan war hit a record high in 2018 with 3800...

Civilian deaths jumped by 11 percent from 2017 with 3,804 people killed and another 7,189 wounded, according to the UN...

25 Feb 2019 9:28 AM IST

JeM has claimed the responsibility of the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 40 CRPF personnel. (Photo:Twitter)

Indian-Americans hold protests outside Pakistani, Chinese consulates...

Indian-Americans urged the Chinese Consulate in Chicago that Beijing should 'stop sheltering and supporting hard line...

23 Feb 2019 12:44 PM IST

The father of an Alabama woman who joined ISIS in Syria has sued to bring her home. (Photo:AFP)

Lawsuit over citizenship filed by father of Alabama woman who joined...

A day after Donald Trump declared on Twitter that he had issued orders to bar her, Hoda Muthana's father filed an...

22 Feb 2019 12:25 PM IST

Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed responsibility for the attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pulwama district on Thursday that left over 40 personnel dead and many critically wounded. (Photo: PTI)

UNSC strongly condemns 'heinous and cowardly' Pulwama attack

The powerful UN Security Council has strongly condemned the "heinous and cowardly" Pulwama terror attack by...

22 Feb 2019 10:17 AM IST

(Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Pakistan's complicity in Pulwama raised during Modi-Salman meet: MEA

'Both leaders underlined importance of comprehensive sanctioning of terrorists and their organisations by UN,' MEA said.

20 Feb 2019 5:50 PM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)

France to move proposal at UN to ban JeM chief Masood Azhar: Report

'At the UN, France will lead proposal to put Azhar on terrorist list. It will happen in couple of days,' said a senior...

19 Feb 2019 8:29 PM IST

Pakistan seeks imminent UN intervention to calm fresh tensions with...

Pakistan has sought the UN's urgent intervention to 'defuse tensions' with India, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday.

19 Feb 2019 11:06 AM IST