Alexandra Xanthaki said on Sunday that only Russian military members implicated in "allegations of war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity or propaganda for war" should be denied neutral status to compete in...
Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders made this comment days after the NIA formally arrested jailed Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society programme coordinator Khurram Parvez in connection with...
The 'United Nations World Water Development Report 2023: partnerships and cooperation for water', issued Tuesday ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference, said that around 80 per cent of people living under water stress lived...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia would station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Ukraine. Ukraine has termed it 'nuclear blackmail'.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced concern that human activity is driving the planet's temperature to dangerous new levels and 'melting glaciers are the canary in the coalmine'.
The United Nations is hosting its first major water conference in 45 years on Tuesday, but new research reveals 26% of the world's population lacks access to safe drinking water.
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021 after overthrowing the internationally-recognised government, diplomats of the former government have continued to run missions abroad in coordination with the Taliban's...
The crises of the Global South over the years have been rooted in exploitation by Western colonial powers in the past, the bipolar Cold War system, and the desire of the Global North to perpetuate its hegemonic dominance in...
Earlier, a United Nations (UN) panel had also found signs of beating of detainees, electric shocks, forced nudity, and sex- and gender-based violence even on...
Zardari fumbled for a few seconds as he went on to refer to India, describing it first as 'our friend' and then going on to call it a 'neighbouring' country.
Despite initial promises of a more moderate stance, the Taliban has banned girls' education beyond sixth grade and women from public spaces such as parks and...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres pointed to Afghanistan where 'women and girls have been erased from public life' and said women's sexual and...
The treaty also establishes ground rules for conducting environmental impact assessments for commercial activities in the oceans
World Wildlife Day is one of the United Nations international days to celebrate all the world's wild animals and plants and the contribution that they make to...
On Sunday, The Kerala government agreed with the United Nations (UN) Women to boost women-friendly activities in the State's tourism sector.
Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she strongly supported then president Donald Trump's decision to cut nearly USD 2 billion of...
While exercising India's Right to Reply, Mathur also said that Pakistan must look at its own track record as a state that harbours and provides safe havens to...
On Tuesday, a roadside bomb detonated in central Mali, killing three United Nations peacekeepers and severely injuring several others.
Politics is not forgotten even during a major humanitarian crisis, the politics within the country as well as that of major powers in an area of conflict.
The UN chief noted that global average sea levels have risen faster since 1900 than over any preceding century in the last 3,000 years and the global ocean has...
On 6 February 2023, a series of massive earthquakes struck south-eastern Turkey near the border with the Syrian Arab Republic.
The IOC responded in a statement that “it is regretful that politicians are misusing athletes and sport as tools to achieve their political objectives.”
In January 2022, India extended a USD 400 million currency swap to Sri Lanka under the SAARC Framework and deferred successive Asian Clearing Union (A.C.U.)...
The launch comes after a major push for millet by Prime minister Narendra Modi.
Late last year, Azerbaijanis claiming to be environmental activists began blocking a winding road known as the Lachin Corridor that forms the only land...
