UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called for an immediate end to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi on shipping in the Red Sea, adopting a resolution which received four abstentions including those from Russia and China. The resolution also called on the Houthis to
WASHINGTON: The UN Security Council expressed "alarm" at growing violence in war-torn Sudan, a day after it reported that seven million people have been displaced by the conflict. In a joint statement, the Council "strongly condemned" attacks on civilians and the spread of the conflict "into
NAIROBI: Climate change caused by human activity made torrential rains that have lashed East Africa since October and killed more than 300 people up to twice as intense, a scientific study said Friday. Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are grappling with heavy rainfall that has caused flooding
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council meets on Gaza Friday under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire after weeks of ruinous war. Even though the civilian death toll in the Palestinian territory is mounting and living conditions are
United Nations: Pakistan spotlighted in the UN Security Council the desperate plight of Kashmiri people under Indian military occupation and slammed India for convening a G20 meeting in restive Kashmir in an attempt to project “normalcy” in the disputed territory. Speaking during a debate on ensuring
United Nations: The UN Security Council is set to vote on Thursday to condemn a ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and call upon the Taliban administration to "swiftly reverse" its crackdown on the rights of women and girls. The resolution
United Nations: The UN Security Council rejected a Moscow-drafted resolution calling for an independent inquiry into the sabotage last year of the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Germany. Western countries have blamed the explosions under the Baltic Sea last September on Russia, but the
Islamabad: Pakistan, Italy, Argentina and other like-minded countries have once again thwarted plans by the so-called Group of 4, comprising India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, who are seeking the expansion of the UN Security Council.