Geneva: Bahrain, Russia and other members of the UN Human Rights Council pushed through a vote to shut down the body’s war crimes investigations in Yemen, in a stinging defeat for Western states who sought to keep the mission going. Members narrowly voted to reject a

Geneva: The UN Human Rights Council recognised access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right, formally adding its weight to the global fight against climate change and its devastating consequences. The vote passed with overwhelming support, despite criticism in the lead-up from some

Tehran: Iran is optimistic talks on reviving a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major powers will bear fruit, provided the US fully resumes its commitments, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said. The deal, which gave Iran sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear programme, has

Cox’s Bazar: Bangladesh wants to send more than 80,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal after sealing an agreement for the United Nations to provide help, officials said. Some 19,000 of the Muslim refugees from Myanmar have already relocated from crowded

Rawalpindi: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has assured the United States of Pakistan’s commitment towards making all possible efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan during a meeting with the US Deputy secretary of the State Wendy Ruth Sherman, the Inter-Services

Washington: A U.S. delegation will meet with senior Taliban representatives in Doha on Saturday and Sunday in their first face-to-face meeting at a senior level since Washington pulled its troops from Afghanistan and the hardline group took over the country, two senior administration officials told

Islamabad: In a major breakthrough, the Swedish Parliament is all set to debate two key resolutions tabled by senior Swedish Parliamentarian on the Indian atrocities and war crimes in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK). The parliament will debate these Motions, later in the

Uttar Pradesh: The Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities has taken suo motu cognizance of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which eight persons, including four farmers, were killed. Sardar Iqbal Singh Lalpura has written to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary and asked for a

New Delhi: Law must take its course against "whoever is involved", the Supreme Court said today as it came down heavily on the UP government over the Lakhimpur violence amid countrywide outrage. "We are not satisfied with the action so far," the court said. Here are

Male: The Uthuru Thila Falhu (UTF) agreement with India should be made null and void, said MP Mohamed Saeed (Maavah), Vice President of the opposition People's National Congress (PNC). MP Saeed said this in relation to the Ministry of Defence's statement that the disclosure of any