New Zealand will withdraw its Defence Force from Afghanistan by May 2021, ending a 20-year involvement in a conflict in which 10 New Zealand lives were lost, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. The deployment at present comprises only six New Zealand Defence Force personnel –
New York: A Chinese envoy to the United Nations (UN) asked UN peacekeeping operations to help host countries fight COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic and existing threats, such as regional hot-spot issues, ethnic conflicts and terrorism, affect and exacerbate each other, bringing new impacts to international peace
New York: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is recommending an increase of nearly 3,700 military and police to bolster the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic, saying the conflict-torn country is at “a critical juncture.” The U.N. chief said in a report obtained Tuesday by The
Yangon: Concerns are growing over the potential for violence in Myanmar as anti-coup protesters urge supporters to take to the streets en masse, in defiance of the military generals who have deployed troops in major cities. Protests and civil disobedience movements against the military coup on
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Islamabad: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir chapter of All Parties Hurriyat Conference staged a protest outside the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, today, on the occasion of the visit of European diplomats to Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Hurriyat leaders in their speeches on
Chennai: As protests against agricultural reforms catch global attention, India’s neglected women farmers are seizing the moment to dust off their own long-standing demands - from land rights and farm credit to grains subsidies. Hundreds of miles from the sit-in demonstrations near the capital, Ponnuthai said
Ankara: Turkey, Russia, and Iran are expected to discuss the situation on the ground in Syria and the political process as well as efforts to draw up a new constitution for the country. The Astana process guarantors will meet in the 15th round of Syria peace
New York: The United Nations has highlighted the important work carried out by Morocco in pushing forwards the peace process in Libya. In this regard, the new UN envoy to Libya, Jan Kubis, has had various contacts on the Libyan issue with the Moroccan Minister
Daoud Kuttab Amman: As the contours of US President Joe Biden’s foreign policy become increasingly apparent, doubts about his commitment to resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict continue to grow. And those doubts raise an urgent question: Can anyone fill the diplomatic vacuum the United States leaves behind? The