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A senior Indian diplomat on Thursday met UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet in Geneva and conveyed India's concerns on the threat posed by cross border terrorism emanating from Pakistan. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

India raises concern over terrorism emanating from Pakistan at UN

Pakistan has launched a diplomatic offensive against India on the Kashmir issue.

13 Sep 2019 9:06 AM

‘Balochistan is ruled by the Pakistan army directly from Islamabad. The people are exploited by the Central government and their resources were taken away from them and used in other parts of Pakistan,’ added Hamdam. (Photo: ANI)

There has never been democracy in Balochistan: BHRC vice chief Hassan Hamdam

‘The situation is very bad in Balochistan as Pakistan is kidnapping, killing and dumping people every day,’ Hassan Hamdam said.

12 Sep 2019 6:12 PM

Senge H Sering said Pakistan has failed in propagating its message in the international community and will play ‘the jihadi’ card. (Photo: ANI)

‘Article 370 a tool to enhance terrorism in J&K’, says Gilgit-Baltistan activist Senge Sering

Sering said people in the Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh, Jammu were waiting for the situation to evolve and reach a solution.

11 Sep 2019 5:08 PM

Responding to UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's Oral Update on Monday, Singh said the recent legislative measures taken by India in Jammu and Kashmir were within the framework of its Constitution. (Photo: File)

They cry victim when they are perpetrators: India slams Pak over human rights charge

There was a need to call out those who are misusing the UNHRC for 'malicious political agenda under the garb of human rights', Thakur said.

11 Sep 2019 8:50 AM

'Fabricated narrative from epicentre of terrorism': India on Pak's Kashmir rhetoric

'This (Pakistan) country conducts cross-border terrorism as a form of alternate diplomacy,' Vijay Thakur Singh said.

10 Sep 2019 8:05 PM

Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi outlined Pakistan’s strong position while speaking at the UNHRC session in Geneva against the backdrop of tensions with India over the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on August 5. (Photo: AP)

‘Not so easy’ for Pakistan to find rally support for Kashmir appeal at Geneva

India has clearly described administration of J&K an internal matter, said Pakistan has no locus standi in it.

10 Sep 2019 6:29 PM

Qureshi's remarks came after his address at the UNHRC session, where he presented a false narrative on Kashmir maintained by his country following the Indian government's historic move to abrogate Article 370. (Photo: ANI)

Watch: Pak Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi refers to J&K as an ‘Indian State’

Till date, Pakistan, in all its official communication, has been referring to Jammu and Kashmir as ‘Indian Administered Kashmir’.

10 Sep 2019 4:31 PM

Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after India abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir's special status and bifurcated it into two Union Territories, evoking strong reactions from Pakistan. (Photo: File)

UN Human Rights chief says, 'deeply concerned, ensure human rights of Kashmiris'

Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said she continues to receive reports on human rights situation on both sides of LoC.

09 Sep 2019 4:08 PM

‘Trade tensions are weighing heavily on the entire air cargo industry,’ said IATA's Director General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac. (Photo: Representative)

US-China trade war impacting air freight demand: IATA

This marks the ninth consecutive month of year-on-year decline in freight volumes.

05 Sep 2019 4:01 PM

The final of the league will be played at Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Turkey on May 30 next year. (Photo:AFP)

UEFA releases Champions League schedule for season 2019-20

The season will commence from September 17 with Napoli playing against defending champions Liverpool and Salzburg taking on Genk.

30 Aug 2019 2:30 PM

More than 2,300 tigers killed and trafficked this century: report

With an average of more than 120 illegally trafficked tigers seized each year, it amounts to over two each week.

21 Aug 2019 4:42 PM

The video, published by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, contains footage of the capture of the tanker, showing Guards abseiling onto the deck from a helicopter, with the audio recording superimposed. (Representational Image)

Don't put your life in danger: Iran publishes purported exchange with British warship

'You are required not to interfere in these issues,' the Guards' Navy representative said.

29 Jul 2019 3:36 PM

The hot air that smashed European weather records this week looks set to move towards Greenland and could cause record melting of the world's second largest ice sheet, the United Nations said on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

World’s second largest ice sheet in Greenland may melt due to Europe heat wave

Nullis cited data from Denmark's Polar Portal, which measures the daily gains and losses in surface mass of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

27 Jul 2019 4:13 PM

The United Nations Compensation Commission was set up in 1991, the same year that a US-led coalition drove former Iraqi dictator Hussein's forces out of Kuwait. (Photo: Twitter)

Kuwait receives USD 270 million in war reparations

The funds come from a levy on the sale of Iraqi oil and petroleum products.

23 Jul 2019 8:13 PM

'In PoK, accountability for violations committed by members of the Indian security forces remains virtually non-existent,' the report said. (Photo: PTI)

India, Pak failed to address concerns in Kashmir: UN

Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released its first-ever report on Kashmir, documenting the wrongdoing by India and Pakistan.

08 Jul 2019 5:57 PM

Veronica Ekelund also states that report ‘attempts to vitiate history’ by narrowing conflict down to two-year period, beginning with death of terrorist in 2016. (Photo: ANI)

EFSAS researcher slams 'inaccurate' UN report on J&K

Veronica Ekelund, says report ‘completely disregards’ facts like all terrorist organizations in J&K are receive patronage from Pak Army.

04 Jul 2019 7:12 PM

Khashoggi's Turkish fiancee Hatice Cengiz, who on October 2 stood and waited for him in vain outside the consulate where he had gone to pick up documents needed for their marriage, also addressed the UN session.(Photo: File)

UN 'paralysis' delaying justice for Khashoggi's brutal murder: Expert

'I want to know who gave the order to kill Jamal, and who else knew. I want to know where is his body,' Khashoggi's fianceesaid.

27 Jun 2019 12:40 PM

‘The Baloch Republican Party and World Baloch Organisation have started an international awareness campaign (in this regard),’ President of Baloch Republican Party Brahumdagh Bugti said in a video message. (photo: ANI)

Pak using enforced disappearances to crush voices of the oppressed: Baloch activist

‘We urge international community to take action against enforced disappearances of Baloch and other people in Pakistan,’ the activist said.

25 Jun 2019 2:08 PM

After eight years of war in Syria, for instance, its people continue to make up the largest population of forcibly displaced people, at some 13 million. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

Nearly 71 million now displaced by war, violence at home: UN

Annual 'Global Trends' released by UN counts number of world’s refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people at the end of 2018.

19 Jun 2019 3:21 PM

Fears of a confrontation between Iran and the United States have mounted since attacks on two oil tankers at the entrance to the Gulf on Thursday, which Washington has blamed on Tehran. (Photo: File)

'Iran will not wage war against any nation,' says Hassan Rouhani

'Those facing us are a group of politicians with little experience,' said Rouhani.

18 Jun 2019 3:11 PM