New York: Tunisia assumed the presidency of the 68th session of the UN Security Council yesterday and immediately pushed to send a peacekeeping force to maintain the ceasefire in Libya. Tarek Ladeb, Tunisian ambassador to the UN, told the council a peacekeeping force was necessary because
New Delhi: After 40 days of peaceful non-violent satyagrah, a situation reminiscent of the famous 1942 “Do or Die” movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi is fast emerging on the political horizon with the farmers’ not willing to accept anything other than scrapping of the three
“Identified gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies” that remain unresolved, have brought into question the true extent of the elimination of chemical weapons during Syria’s bloody conflict, the UN disarmament chief told the Security Council in her briefing. The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (ODA), Izumi Nakamitsu, said
Hussein Haridy Peace negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis came to a complete standstill in April 2014. Six years later, the two sides have failed to agree on a negotiating framework that will enable them to bring peace to the Holy Land, thus fulfilling a
The United States and Russia should take the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Jan. 20 as a cue to explore a new bilateral relationship that will improve their handling of nuclear disarmament and other issues. New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), their only remaining nuclear
Kaushik Deka A 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped and tortured on a farm in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district on September 14. She died in a Delhi hospital two weeks later, battling multiple fractures, spine damage and other injuries. The Uttar Pradesh police performed the cremation
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization has condemned human rights violations committed by the Indian forces in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Foreign Office said in a statement on Wednesday. "Voices from around the world continue to condemn inhuman oppression of Kashmiris in
Criticism of India's approval of a local Covid-19 vaccine without proof of its efficacy grew after news that a regulatory panel approved the shot just one day after asking the vaccine maker for more evidence it would work. The recommendations of the Indian drug regulator's Subject
Srinagar: In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) complete shutdown is being observed in Sopore, in the memory of massacre victims of 06 January 1993 today. All shops and business establishments are closed while traffic is of the road. Only Indian police and paramilitary personnel
Canada: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Canada Raza Bashir Tarar has said that India’s revocation of the status of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and a consistent denial of Kashmiris’ Right to self-determination are manifestation of an Indian game-plan that dovetails into a larger