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She spoke in an interview with AFP on the eve of her departure from North America where she has spent almost three months. (Photo: File)

Donald Trump's climate stand 'so extreme', it's waking people up: Thunberg

'He’s so extreme and he says so extreme things, so I think people wake up by that in a way,' the 16-year-old said.

13 Nov 2019 8:38 AM

Sources say the IAEA took samples from the site in the Turquzabad district of Tehran in the spring and that Iran has been slow in providing answers to explain the test results.(Representational Image)

'Uranium particles' detected at undeclared site in Iran: UN's nuclear watchdog

Report from the watchdog says it detected natural uranium particles of anthropogenic origin at a location in Iran not declared to agency.

12 Nov 2019 9:04 AM

Critics say Khosrowshahi is downplaying Khashoggi’s grisly murder to placate one of the company’s biggest investors. (Photo: File)

Uber chief terms Jamal Khashoggi’s murder a ‘mistake’, apologises after uproar

Khosrowshahi later said he regretted his comments, made during an interview with Axios on HBO.

12 Nov 2019 8:43 AM

But Beijing has indicated it is waiting out the Dalai Lama, believing his campaign for greater Tibetan autonomy will end with him. (Photo: File)

US wants United Nations to take up Dalai Lama succession issue

The Dalai Lama once travelled incessantly, drawing huge Western audiences with his good-humoured lectures on compassion and happiness.

09 Nov 2019 10:48 AM

The UN has grown much since then, reflecting the changes in the world mostly due to decolonisation, fragmentation of the USSR, and the division of some founder member states like Yugoslavia.

It’s high time to push UN’s democratisation

The UN now has 191 members, and Switzerland was the last to join on September 10, 2002.

06 Nov 2019 1:16 AM

He cited a recent report by a research centre that said the level of the oceans is rising much faster than what was forecasted because of climate change. (Photo: FIle)

India, Bangladesh, Japan, China most vulnerable to rising sea levels, says UN Chief

Guterres said the biggest threat to sustainability today in the world is climate change.

05 Nov 2019 1:05 PM

While achieving food sufficiency in production, rural communities face challenges in raising household incomes, improving nutrition and tackling the effects of climate change. (Photo: ANI)

Sitharaman meets IFAD president Houngbo to boost efforts for rural communities

India has set an ambitious goal of doubling farmers' incomes by 2022.

28 Oct 2019 7:17 PM

UN: India lashes out at Pak, says linchpins of terror networks enjoy safe havens

Pakistan raked up the issue of Kashmir at the UN, referring to the communications lockdown in the state after the abrogation of Article 370.

24 Oct 2019 3:21 PM

In a witty remark, the Tibetan leader said they can teach the Chinese how to practice democracy. (Photo: File)

'We enjoy freedom living in India,' says Dalai Lama

Asked about freedom of Tibet, Dalai Lama recalled that the former PM Nehru had advised him that the UN cannot do much.

14 Oct 2019 9:07 AM

The sources asked not to be named as the proposal was still under discussion. (Representational Image)

India may restrict imports of palm oil, other goods from Malaysia: report

The government wants to send a strong signal of its displeasure to Malaysian authorities, the sources said.

12 Oct 2019 9:51 AM

In a letter to staff, a copy of which was seen by AFP, Secretary General Antonio Guterres laid out the looming cutbacks he said would mean fewer flights and receptions, limits on hiring, fewer documents, reports and translations and even an end to water coolers. (Photo: File)

Stalled escalators, empty water coolers as budget crunch hits UN

The main priority now is ensuring the next paycheck for the UN's 37,000 employees.

12 Oct 2019 9:04 AM

Tripathi was responding to remarks made in the Committee by Pakistan's outgoing UN envoy Maleeha Lodhi on Wednesday in which she had raked up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and referred to the condition of children in the state in the aftermath of India revoking Article 370. (Photo: File)

India slams Pakistan for 'fake narrative' on J&K children

Lodhi had also alluded to reports by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

11 Oct 2019 10:42 AM

India has strongly condemned any direct or indirect financial assistance to terrorists and terror groups by nations that enables them to pursue their activities, including in defending criminal cases against them. (Photo: File)

Global anti-terror body FATF, UN must cooperate to combat terror: India

India's comments come as Pakistan requested UNSC to allow Hafiz Saeed to withdraw money from his bank account for basic expenses.

10 Oct 2019 1:07 PM

The United Nations has an overall annual operating budget of several billion dollars, covering everything from humanitarian work to disarmament. (Photo: File)

United Nations may run out of money in October. Why?

The UN operations in New York, Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi and at regional commissions will be affected.

09 Oct 2019 12:23 PM

To cut costs, Guterres mentioned postponing conferences and meetings and reducing services, while also restricting official travel to only essential activities and taking measures to save energy. (Photo: File)

UN may run out of money by end of the month: Antonio Guterres

'The ultimate responsibility for our financial health lies with Member States,' Guterres said.

08 Oct 2019 8:34 AM

The family of four has been held at the Christmas Island detention facility for the past month while their fight to stay in the country is before the courts. (Photo: Facebook)

Australia rejects UN call to release Tamil family held at Christmas Island

A Federal Court judge ruled last month there was enough evidence for the toddler’s case to go to trial, though a date has not yet been set.

05 Oct 2019 2:55 PM

Now, after Putin's statements, she's changed it to "A kind but poorly informed teenager". (Photo: Screengrab)

Greta Thunberg changes her Twitter bio to mock Putin after he criticised her UN speech

Putin said that Greta may have had good intentions but was poorly informed and has little or no idea about conditions in developing nations.

04 Oct 2019 1:27 PM

The 16-year-old Swede electrified the UN summit in New York when she denounced world leaders for failing to tackle climate change, unleashing the outrage felt by millions of her peers by demanding: “How dare you?” (Photo: File)

‘Go explain to developing countries’: Putin criticises Greta Thunberg’s UN speech

Putin said: 'I may disappoint you but I don’t share the common excitement about the speech by Greta Thunberg.'

03 Oct 2019 12:23 PM

Amid India's consistent growth as a potent power on global stage, the point was made by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar before an influential Washington audience after a major foreign policy speech at a top US think tank, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. (Photo: File)

India has 'good case' to become permanent member of the UNSC: Jaishankar

Jaishankar also said a UNSC without India affects the United Nation's credibility.

02 Oct 2019 8:42 AM

The development came merely a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan returned from the US, where he raised the Kashmir issue in his maiden address to the UN General Assembly last week. (Photo: File)

Pak appoints Munir Akram in place of Maleeha Lodhi as UN representative

However, it gave no reason for her removal.

01 Oct 2019 3:19 PM

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