United Nations: “Across identities and differences… over countries and continents… it is not hard to choose peace.” These lines are from a new poem created to mark the 75th anniversary of UN peacekeeping operations. Called “Peace begins with me” the poem pays tribute to the strength
Berlin: Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change ’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Tuesday. But doing so requires quickly slashing nearly two-thirds of carbon pollution by 2035, the Intergovernmental Panel on
New Delhi: India has been ranked at the 126th place among 146 countries in the latest World Happiness Report published by a non-profit organisation launched by the United Nations. The report was released on Tuesday on the occasion of the International Day of Happiness. The United
Moscow: Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a state visit to Russia Monday, a trip Beijing has touted as a "visit for peace" as it seeks to play mediator in Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. Xi's three-day trip is his first to Russia -- a major Chinese
Geneva: The UN’s migration agency should not get itself dragged into domestic policy debates, its chief Antonio Vitorino said, as he seeks a second term leading the organization. “Migration has become a highly politicized area, and even a highly polarized area,” the 66-year-old former Portuguese deputy
Brisbane: Tensions have risen here ahead of the Khalistan Referendum voting on March 19 as dozens of pro-Khalistan Sikhs rounded up and forced the closure of India’s honorary consulate in Brisbane and the Australian government issued an updated travel advisory advising its citizens against travelling
Sanaa: Diplomatic efforts to broker a peace in Yemen accelerated after Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations last week, the UN special envoy Hans Grundberg has reported to the Security Council. “Intense diplomatic efforts are ongoing at different levels to bring the conflict
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to soon visit Russia’s Vladimir Putin and, according to media, hold a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy weeks after China proposed a 12-point plan for peace in Ukraine. China’s foreign ministry has said it is in communication
Tripoli: UN nuclear watchdog inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a Libyan site that is not under government control, the watchdog told member states in a statement seen by Reuters. The finding is the result of an inspection
New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday has said that there was no question of an apology from party MP Rahul Gandhi, who is being targeted by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including senior Cabinet ministers, in connection with remarks he had made in