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Masood Khan, former Pakistani Ambassador to the UN, who is now president of Pak-Occupied Kashmir, rued that India has veto on the talks between the two South Asian neighbours. (Photo: AFP)

Kashmir issue sidelined in global community due to India's influence:...

Khan alleged that the UN is not acting on its own resolution because of India.

5 Dec 2017 12:53 PM IST

A three-metre-high metal fence topped with razor wire in a North Korean port marks the front line of the United Nations ban on coal exports by Pyongyang. (Photo: PTI/ File/Representational)

UN ban on coal exports by Pyongyang taking toll on N Korea-China trade

For years, coal trade was a lucrative earner for Pyongyang; its main ally China imported tonnes of coal worth nearly...

4 Dec 2017 4:12 PM IST

Pope Francis meets with a Rohingya refugee during an inter-religious meeting at the Archbishops house in Dhaka. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis calls refugees Rohingya' in an emotional meet

Pope Francis is known for championing the rights of refugees and has repeatedly expressed his support for the Rohingya.

2 Dec 2017 7:01 AM IST

The report said that ISIS is struggling financially in Afghanistan, where it has resorted to extortion of the local population. (Photo: Representational Image/A

Islamic State recruiting from Af-Pak border: United Nations

It noted that that IS had around 2,000 to 3,500 fighters in Afghanistan but that no had not fallen significantly despite...

10 Feb 2017 12:29 PM IST

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

UN ban on Azhar may increase Indian pressure on Pak: China

It comes just a day after China defended its decision to block the US' proposal in the UN for designating Azhar as a...

9 Feb 2017 6:18 PM IST

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

China blocks US move to brand JeM chief terrorist

India has taken up the matter with China, and voiced its objection.

8 Feb 2017 2:44 AM IST

Saudis election to the CSW has outraged several human rights groups, which called the move absurd. (Photo: AP)

Saudi Arabia on UN women's rights commission despite gender inequality

The conservative Islamic kingdom is very strict about its policy of gender segregation.

25 April 2017 5:42 PM IST

CRPF personnel standing guard at a polling station during repoll in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Budgam district of Kashmir. (Photo: PTI)

Polls in conflict zones: A Kashmiri lesson

Democracy is presumed to be a great leveller and empowers the very people who fight each other or the state.

21 April 2017 2:01 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stands with others after West Bengal won an award for Kanyasree Prakalpa during an event of United Nations in Netherland on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

WB wins UN award for promoting girl child education, combatting child...

Through WB govt's initiative, cash was deposited into the bank account of girls for every year they remained in school...

24 Jun 2017 2:48 PM IST

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

India at UN takes dig at Pak: Who backs Afghan terror?

Akbaruddin criticised the Security Council for at times even shying away from condemning some of the terrorist attacks...

23 Jun 2017 1:23 AM IST

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

India questions funding of anti-govt elements in Afghanistan at UN

India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said that Afghanistan's situation should be...

22 Jun 2017 1:13 PM IST

A Time magazine report revealed that Saudi Arabia alone accounts for more than one-third of global Amphetamine seizures a year.

Narcotics: ISIS' jihadi drug, made in India

How an energy pill'made in Hyderabad gave ISIS fighters a high', and made them inhuman.

22 Jun 2017 3:46 AM IST