Washington: Members of the UN Security Council condemned violations of human rights and humanitarian law in the Central African Republic (CAR) during a meeting of the council on Monday, Estonian Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Gert Auvaart said in a readout. "The members of the

GENEVA: The United Nations said that the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the world of work was four times worse than the 2008 economic crisis. The UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO) said the pandemic had had a “devastating” and even “cataclysmic” effect, as it sought to tackle

Washington: A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that thousands of people living in the US for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court that federal immigration law prohibits people who entered the country illegally and now have

Geneva: Even as the pandemic raged and economies around the world were devastated, nuclear-armed countries last year increased spending on atomic weapon arsenals by 1.4 billion dollars, campaigners said Tuesday. In a fresh report, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) detailed how the world

Vienna: The UN nuclear watchdog’s head said it was "becoming increasingly difficult" to extend a temporary inspections arrangement with Iran, as Tehran and world powers try to salvage a nuclear deal. In February, Tehran suspended some IAEA inspections, leading the agency to strike a temporary three-month

Paris: The foreign ministers of Turkey and France held talks in Paris, in a rare high-level meeting after months of tensions over international crises and French domestic legislation against radical Islamism. France s Jean-Yves Le Drian hosted Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu for talks ahead of NATO

Kolkata: Lightning strikes killed 27 people and four passengers on a flight were hospitalised after severe turbulence during monsoon storms in eastern India, officials said Tuesday. Lightning strikes during the June-September annual monsoon are fairly common in India. Officials said West Bengal was hit by thunderstorms late

Ontario: A man driving a pickup truck rammed into and killed four members of a Muslim family in the south of Canada's Ontario province, in what police said was a “premeditated” attack. A 20-year-old suspect wearing a vest “like body armour” fled the scene after the

Geneva: The World Health Organisation and a Norwegian official said emerging powers among G20 countries — including China, Brazil and India — are being pressed to contribute urgent financing and COVID-19 vaccines for the COVAX dose-sharing facility, Ahead of the G7 summit this week, wealthy countries

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Pakistan has refused to give its military bases to the US amid the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan. In an interview, FM Qureshi said Pakistan wants a stable Afghanistan, but there are some elements who do not