Dr. Diana Galeeva Officials from both Russia and Ukraine expressed cautious optimism this week that peace talks were making progress. However, both sides stress the difficulty of the talks. Among the key disagreements are concerns about what Ukrainian “neutrality” may mean, security guarantees, what this status means
Dubai: The United Nations and aid groups have warned of grave consequences for Yemen after an international pledging conference failed to raise enough money to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the war-torn country. Overshadowed by the conflict in Ukraine, aid-starved Yemen -- already suffering the world's
Melbourne: The Great Barrier Reef has been hit by bleaching due to heat stress, the Australian agency that manages the reef said on Friday, ahead of a visit by United Nations officials reviewing whether the reef should be listed as being “in danger”. Australia last year
Helsinki: Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored index that ranked Afghanistan as the unhappiest, closely followed by Lebanon. The latest list was completed before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia recorded the biggest
Rome: Aid agencies are struggling to reach people trapped in Ukrainian cities ringed by Russian forces, the UN’s World Food Programme said Saturday, including hundreds of thousands of women and children. “The challenge is to get to the cities that are encircled or about to be
Kyiv: With air raid sirens and the thump of explosions now a familiar night time sound to residents of Kyiv, increasing numbers have taken to sheltering in the city's deep underground metro stations, battling boredom as they wait for what comes nextMetro station is being
Mumbai: The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called it the “failure of the Government” to heed these prescient warnings on conditions that led to Father Stan Swamy’s “avoidable death in custody.” According to the groups, whose findings were made public recently “while in
Jodhpur: A case has been filed against an army man on charges of attempting to rape a colleague’s wife while four officers have been named in the FIR for allegedly trying to threaten the couple and hush up the matter. The victim also alleged that the
By: Muhammad Shoaib Khan On 9th March 2022, India throwed a tester to Pakistan by shooting its Brahmos Missile towards Pakistan. May be Indian government wanted to check vigilance and capability of Pakistan armed forces by that act of violation. Pakistan military wing spokesperson held a
New Delhi: Hardline Hindu groups are demanding restrictions on wearing the hijab in classrooms in more Indian states after a court upheld a ban on the traditional Islamic headscarf in Karnataka state, worrying Muslim students who had protested against the ban. The Karnataka High Court decision