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Syed Akbaruddin, Indias permanent representative at the UN

India slams UNSC Sanctions Committees for 'opacity', 'lack of...

India slammed in an apparent reference to China repeatedly blocking New Delhi's bid to list Masood Azhar as a global...

11 Nov 2018 2:14 PM IST

Targeting the working methods, Akbaruddin noted that even as the Council has formed an entire range of the subordinate bodies, the functioning of this subterranean universe of subordinate bodies has become Byzantine. (Photo: Twitter | Akbaruddin)

Reform, or world peace may turn into world order in pieces: India to...

In UNSC Open Debate, Akbaruddin said that the Council is facing a manifold crisis of performance, credibility,...

10 Nov 2018 1:32 PM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops, while Security Council members urged restraint on both sides. (Photo: File)

UN chief urges Lankan prez to allow vote in Parl 'as soon as possible'

The political turmoil began after Sirisena sacked PM Ranil Wickremesinghe and installed former strongman Mahinda...

3 Nov 2018 3:27 PM IST

Banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, who carries a bounty of USD 10 million announced by the US for his role in terror activities, has been under detention since January. (Photo: File | AP)

Pak copout over Hafiz

Saeed is a linchpin and guru of Pakistani terror activities.

26 Jan 2018 1:41 AM IST

Most Rohingya refugees in the Bangladeshi camps also say they will not return to a state where their villages have been torched and where they allege atrocities by the army and ethnic Rakhine locals. (Photo: AFP)

Give aid agencies unhindered access to Rohingya camps: UN to Myanmar

The UNHCR also called on Myanmar 'to create conditions for a genuine and lasting solution'.

24 Jan 2018 5:22 PM IST

Twitter account of Indias UN envoy hacked, Pak flag posted

Twitter account of India's UN envoy hacked, Pak flag posted

The pictures were posted during the wee hours of Sunday, and the 'blue tick' that marks a verified account also...

14 Jan 2018 12:06 PM IST

Washingtons UN ambassador Nikki Haley said North Koreas missile test is unacceptable. (Photo: PTI)

UN diplomats feel Nikki Haley eyeing 2020 or 2024 presidential polls

A council diplomat said, 'She is not trying to win votes at the General Assembly. She is trying to win votes for 2020 or...

13 Jan 2018 5:23 PM IST

US President Donald Trump at United Nations 72nd General Assembly meet in UN headquarters in New York (Photo: AFP)

Trump's 'sh**hole' comment draws flak, UN calls him 'racist'

Trump tweeted a denial, saying he used tough language at the immigration reform meeting, but not 'sh**hole.'

13 Jan 2018 12:01 PM IST

Wholesale inflation in the month of October soared to 3.59 per cent on the back of food and fuel prices. (Photo: PTI)

World food prices up 8.2 per cent in 2017: United Nations

Monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, stood at 169.8 points, down 3.3 pc.

12 Jan 2018 1:42 PM IST

A Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his dead son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on Monday. AFP

Fighting only option against state violence: Rohingya militants

The United Nations condemned the Myanmar military campaign as ethnic cleansing. Buddhist-majority Myanmar rejected that.

7 Jan 2018 2:36 PM IST

More than 650,000 Rohingya have fled what the UN and others say is a campaign of ethnic cleansing by the Myanmar military. (Photo: File/Representational)

No place to be born': 48,000 births projected in Rohingya refugee...

Save the Children based its projection of new births on an estimate of how many of the refugees were pregnant.

5 Jan 2018 3:29 PM IST

This combination of photos show North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) on April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea and US President Donald Trump in Washington on April 29. (Photo: AP)

Americans should worry about Kim's mental health, not Trump's: WH

Trump has at times appeared to dismiss the prospect of a diplomatic solution and both sides have threatened to destroy...

4 Jan 2018 2:03 PM IST