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Jammu and Kashmir has been an area of contention for both India and Pakistan ever since the nations were formed in 1947 with three battles having been fought between the two neighbours over it. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

Pak's violation of human rights in Kashmir raked up in UNHRC session

Why is Pakistan allowed to infringe international law and make a mockery of this august institution?'

10 March 2018 1:35 PM IST

According to officials dealing with genocide and religious leaders, she said, 3,154 Yazidis are missing including 1,471 women and girls and 1,200 Turkmen are missing including 600 women and 250 children. (Photo: Representational/ AFP)

IS pillage in Iraq leaves living corpses' in thousands of rape victims

Despite all humanitarian efforts there is a gross lack of both physical and mental health, psycho-social support.'

10 March 2018 11:46 AM IST

Rodrigo Duterte, who took office in 2016 and has boasted of killings he claims to have committed personally, has sidelined many of his top domestic critics. (Photo: File)

UN rights chief says Philippines prez needs psychiatric evaluation'

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein and other UN rights officials have focused significant attention on Duterte's controversial drug...

9 March 2018 5:39 PM IST

The Afghan Governments willingness for peace is despite the fact that armed groups have identified themselves and demonstrated to all of us that they are the irreconcilables, Indias Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin told the UN Security Council. (Photo: ANI)

India supports Afghan 'unity' move to recognise Talibans as political...

The international community's efforts, those supporting the terrorists affecting Afghanistan have not been deterred.

9 March 2018 2:49 PM IST

Buddhist-Muslim relations have worsened in recent years amid the rise of hard-line Buddhist groups, which accuse Muslims of forcing people to convert and destroying sacred Buddhist sites. (Photo: AP/ Representational)

Sri Lanka emergency: Buddhists continue attack on Muslims despite...

At least 20 Muslim homes appeared badly damaged and flames engulfed one two-story home.

8 March 2018 1:36 PM IST

$The annual \international womens day\ was first organised by the German socialist and theorist Clara Zetkin$ Life

Here's everything you need to know about International Women's Day

Since informal inception in 1909, day has been officially recognized by the UN and is celebrated across the world.

7 March 2018 11:17 AM IST

Given the life-altering impact child marriage has on a young girls life, any reduction is welcome news. (Photo: Pixabay)

Child marriages decline in India: UNICEF

When a girl is forced to marry as a child, she faces immediate and lifelong consequences.

6 March 2018 4:43 PM IST

Police personnel baton charge at protestors who were demanding the closure of Vedantas Sterlite Copper unit, in Tuticorin, on Wednesday. In fresh violence, one person was killed during the clash, after polices open fire killing at least ten people yesterday, and injuring many others. (Photo: PTI)

Anti-sterlite protesters killed by shots to head, chest; half from...

Thirteen people were killed when police opened fire on a demonstration against Vedanta's Sterlite copper smelter in...

22 Dec 2018 4:26 PM IST

Counsellor in Indias Permanent Mission to the UN Ashish Sinha said India has been of the view that the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters Committee should be upgraded into an intergovernmental body. (Photo: AP)

Provide transparent platform to raise international taxation issues:...

The Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social...

22 May 2018 4:20 PM IST

Among other findings, the report said in 1990 there were just ten megacities with populations of 10 million or more.

Delhi to overtake Tokyo as most populous city by 2028'

Urban growth will surge most in India, China and Nigeria, claims a UN report.

18 May 2018 5:43 AM IST

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India abides UN sanctions, not those imposed by any country: Sushma...

Swaraj on Monday met Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, in New Delhi to build support against the US rejection of the...

29 May 2018 8:01 AM IST

Abdel Rahman said the victims had fled battles in the province, where Syrian regime forces and a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, the Syrian Democratic Forces, are fighting the extremist group in separate offensives. (Photo: AFP)

Syria: UN first-aid convoy reaches stripped of vital medical supplies

A WHO official said the govt removed most medical material from UN vehicles including surgical kits, insulin and...

5 March 2018 7:52 PM IST