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Boko Haram attacks on military bases were a frequent tactic as the group gained in size and strength, using the weapons and ammunition seized to capture swathes of territory in the northeast in 2013 and 2014. (Photo: AP)

10 United Nations peacekeepers killed in Mali attack

Gunmen killed 10 Chadian peacekeepers and injured at least 25 others.

21 Jan 2019 8:50 AM IST

Boko Haram attacks on military bases were a frequent tactic as the group gained in size and strength, using the weapons and ammunition seized to capture swathes of territory in the northeast in 2013 and 2014. (Photo: AP)

Six Nigerian troops killed in Boko Haram raid

The jihadists attacked an army position overnight Thursday in Kamuya.

20 Jan 2019 11:47 AM IST

Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist

Haven't received requests to launch criminal probe into Khashoggi's...

The UN chief underlined that the Human Rights Council has the power to investigate Khashoggi's killing.

19 Jan 2019 11:46 AM IST

The secretary general said the UN needs to demonstrate through concrete solutions. (Photo:File)

Multilateralism is needed to address global challenges: UN chief

UN SG Antonio Guterres has said multilateralism is needed to solve global challenges such as climate change and...

19 Jan 2019 8:19 AM IST

The Palestinians will begin lobbying Security Council members for UN membership (Photo: File)

Palestinians launch bid for full UN membership

The Palestinians will launch a bid to become a full member of the United Nations

16 Jan 2019 12:24 PM IST

About 150,000-200,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladeshs Coxs Bazar are at risk from flooding and landslides during the monsoon season. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar delays UN refugee chief's visit

Myanmar has postponed a planned visit by the UN refugee chief to Rakhine state

15 Jan 2019 4:06 PM IST

Problems in Yemen continue

Yemen's warring parties refuse to meet together

Yemen's government and Houthi rebels were in different rooms

15 Jan 2019 12:28 PM IST

18-year-old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed al-Qanun (2nd L) being escorted by a Thai immigration officer (R) and UNHCR officials at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok. (Photo: AFP)

Saudi teen is refugee, UN confirms, asks Australia to resettle

UN has found that a teenage woman who fled Saudi to Thailand is legitimate refugee and has asked Australia to take her...

9 Jan 2019 12:42 PM IST

Frances President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak during a bilateral meeting on the second day of the G-20 Leaders Summit in Buenos Aires on December 1, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

After assuming UNSC presidency, France to bring proposal to ban Masood...

France is working on a proposal to ban chief of the UN-proscribed Jaish-e Muhammad (JeM) Masood Azhar.

27 Feb 2019 1:11 PM IST

Even though Pakistan has denied Indian Air Force had ambushed terror camp and cause heavy casualties, Islamabad vowed to respond at the time and place of its choosing and will raise issue at the United Nation and other international forums. (Photo: PTI)

Pak warns India of 'surprise', calls Nuclear authority meeting: report

Apart from the National Command Authority meet, Pakistan government has also called a joint session of Parliament on...

27 Feb 2019 10:57 AM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to the five permanent members of the Security Council to break the current deadlock on reported use of chemical weapons in Syria and prevent the situation spiralling out of control in the war-torn country. (Photo: AP)

After IAF strikes, UN chief asks India, Pakistan to exercise maximum...

The UN Secretary General's remarks came after IAF carried out a pre-dawn air strike on a terror training camp inside...

27 Feb 2019 9:20 AM IST

Azhar alias Ustad Gauri was heading the terror camp in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Photo:ANI)

Azhar Yusuf, involved in 1999 IA plane hijack, victim of IAF strike

Azhar Yusuf, brother-in-law of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar was one of the targets of the Indian air strikes on...

26 Feb 2019 1:54 PM IST