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In a diplomatic showdown at a UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament, North Korea responded by blaming Washington for escalating confrontation. (Photo: File)

N Korea ‘months away’ from ability to strike US with nuclear weapon: envoy

North Korea accused the United States of seeking to aggravate the situation on the divided peninsula by ‘deploying large nuclear assets’.

07 Feb 2018 4:25 PM

Han, addressing the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament, said nuclear tests in 2017 had allowed his country to 'perfect a national nuclear force' in a transparent manner. (Photo: AP | Representational)

North Korea, US clash at disarmament forum on nuke issue

N Korea is developing missile and nuclear technology amid regular threats to destroy the US and Japan and in defiance of UNSC resolutions.

23 Jan 2018 8:51 PM

Addressing a roundtable before a dinner meet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi narrated India's growth story. (Photo: Twitter | @MEAIndia)

India means business, grants exciting opportunity: PM to CEOs in Davos

Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'hosted a roundtable meeting with CEOs of top global companies'.

23 Jan 2018 10:56 AM

Rupert Colville said, 'You cannot dismiss entire countries and continents as ‘shitholes’, whose entire populations, who are not white, are therefore not welcome.' (Photo: AFP | File)

UN human rights office decries Trump’s ‘sh**hole’ remark as ‘racist’

Trump questioned why the US would want to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as 'shithole countries'.

12 Jan 2018 5:39 PM

India unveiled its national solar programme in 2011, seeking to ease chronic energy shortages in Asia’s third-largest economy without creating pollution.(Photo: AP)

India rejects US solar claim at WTO, explores new defence

India said it had changed its rules to conform with the ruling and that a US claim for punitive trade sanctions was groundless.

09 Jan 2018 10:20 AM

Trouble in Paradise? US-India solar power dispute reignited in WTO

If India is found not to have complied, Washington could ask the WTO for permission to impose trade sanctions on India.

20 Dec 2017 6:43 PM

Staffan de Mistura, who is mediating peace negotiations in Geneva, says that a military victory alone in Syria's six-year civil war was not enough for President Bashar al-Assad and that new polls were needed for him to 'win the peace'. (Photo: File)

Convince Syrian ally to hold elections: UN to Russia

Russia intervened in Syria's devastating conflict in 2015, providing aerial and ground support for government forces.

14 Dec 2017 1:27 PM

In the past two years, thanks in part to Russian military support, the Syrian regime has made major advances against its opponents, taking back large chunks of the war-ravaged country - and easing the pressure to negotiate. (Photo: File/Representative)

UN mediator urging all sides to aim for ‘real progress’ in Syria peace talks

The talks have achieved little through seven previous rounds that began in 2016, but there are hopes that progress will be made this time.

30 Nov 2017 5:57 PM

The global community has been ramping up the pressure on the isolated country after it conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test so far. (Photo: AP/File)

North Korea calls sanctions ‘brutal,’ ‘human rights violation’; asks for halt

The call for an immediate end to the sanctions comes as US President Donald Trump sets off on a trip to Asia.

04 Nov 2017 11:29 AM

The airport said in the statement it would tighten safety rules and boarding procedures as a result of what it called the ‘highly regrettable incident’. ( Representational Image | Photo: AFP)

7-yr-old manages to board plane without ticket, airport security stumped

The girl managed to get into a plane, was spotted by an official, stopped, and handed over to police.

01 Nov 2017 11:39 AM

The arrangement was also formalised separately in Riyadh and Tehran. (Photo: AFP)

Swiss formalise intermediary role between Saudi Arabia, Iran

Switzerland has often played the role of go-between for countries at odds with one another.

26 Oct 2017 3:09 PM

In a document dated Thursday, the WTO said the UAE had refused consultations with Doha, meaning a dispute panel will almost certainly be set up.

Qatar files WTO complaint over Gulf trade 'siege'

Qatar has asked WTO to set up a panel to arbitrate its complaint against Gulf neighbours.

13 Oct 2017 6:01 PM

UN chief Secretary General Antonio Guterres unveiled an annual report on ‘Children in Armed Conflict’ (Photo: AP)

Naxalites, separatists use children to fight in C'garh, J&K: UN report

Government reports confirmed the military use of four schools by security forces in that region for several weeks, the report said.

07 Oct 2017 4:43 PM

Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands are still flooding across the border in search of help in Bangladesh. (Photo: AFP)

UN refuge agency says toll from Rohingya boat capsize likely to top 60

Witnesses and survivors previously said that the overturned vessel was just metres from the coast in rough waters.

29 Sep 2017 3:31 PM

Paulomi Tripathi, a junior most Indian diplomat at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations said, 'The Permanent Representative of Pakistan misled this Assembly by displaying this picture to spread falsehood about India. A fake picture to push a completely false narrative.' (Photo: @AkbaruddinIndia)

India slams Pak's fake photo at UN, shows pic of fallen braveheart

India showed image of Lt Umar Fayaz, a young officer from J&K, who was kidnapped and was killed by Pak supported terrorists in May.

26 Sep 2017 8:38 AM

India said that Pakistan is a country whose counter terrorism policy is to mainstream and upstream terrorists by either providing safe havens to global terror leaders in its military town, or protecting them with political careers. (Photo: PTI)

Land that protected Laden plays victim card: India slams Pak PM at UNGA

India in its reply also said that Pak must understand that Jammu and Kashmir is and will always remain an integral part of India.

22 Sep 2017 10:07 AM

A panel of experts at the United Nations has said that Pakistan has resorted to using 'Jihad' and terror organisations to further its foreign policy goals in places like Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

Pak using 'Jihad' for its foreign policy goals in J&K: UN experts

Prof. Boris Wilke, a senior researcher and political scientist claimed that 'terrorism is a strategy and not a creed.'

20 Sep 2017 7:52 PM

Students and security forces clash in Pulwama, Kashmir. (Photo: Asian Age/HU Naqash)

Terrorism emanating from Pak reason for current Kashmir situation: India

'The world watches with concern as the consequences of Pakistan’s actions have spread beyond its immediate neighbour'.

13 Sep 2017 5:42 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. (Photo: AP)

N Korea defends missile launch as 'tough counter-measures' against US-S Korea drills

'My hope is that North Korea ends this provocative behaviour,' US ambassador Robert Wood said.

29 Aug 2017 4:54 PM

The prosecutor said that the Assad government had perpetrated horrible crimes against humanity and used chemical weapons. (Photo: AP)

UN prosecutor finds ‘enough evidence’ to convict Syria’s Assad of war crimes

Carla Del Ponte said that without an international court or prosecutor to try the Syria war crimes cases, justice would remain elusive.

13 Aug 2017 6:33 PM

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