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Police detain an opposition supporter protesting the election results as protesters encounter aggressive police tactics in the capital of Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Thousands stage flower protest in Belarus as EU weighs sanctions

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet condemned the detention of 6,000 people, 'including bystanders, as well as...

13 Aug 2020 10:36 AM IST

Iran asks UN to hold US accountable for plane interception

Iran asks UN to hold US accountable for plane interception

Iran's UN ambassador say a Mahan Airlines Airbus A310 en route to Beirut on July 23 was intercepted by two US F-15...

8 Aug 2020 2:00 PM IST

An employee wearing a protective gear disinfect to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at the Ryugyong Health Complexs public bath in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP)

Strict lockdown measures raise suspicions of virus outbreak in North...

An exchange between the country and the United Nations provides new clarity about what might be happening in North Korea

6 Aug 2020 3:06 PM IST

Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. (PTI)

Nepal to send updated map to UN, Google: Minister

Nepal had released a revised political and administrative map incorporating the disputed territories of Limpiyadhura,...

2 Aug 2020 11:26 AM IST

India went behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal on the Global Hunger Index. (AP file photo)

Aakar Patel | As India's rank falls in Global Hunger Index, govt is in...

In 2015, India's ranking on the Global Hunger Index was 55. Last year, in 2020, it fell by 39 places to land at 94.

19 Oct 2021 1:40 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

US announces restoration of relations with Palestinians

U.S. administration believes this remains the best way to ensure Israel's future

27 Jan 2021 6:20 AM IST

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to return a teargas canister toward soldiers during clashes with Israeli troops at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP)

Renewed violence over Gaza despite ceasefire moves gaining momentum

A senior official in the Hamas militant group predicted a ceasefire within days

20 May 2021 2:45 PM IST

While children in the northern hemisphere are on their summer holidays, in eastern and southern Africa, an estimated 40 percent of school-age children are currently out of school. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/AFP)

'This can't go on': UN calls for COVID-closed schools to reopen ASAP

Schools should be the last to close and the first to reopen, said James Elder, spokesman for the UN Children's Fund

28 July 2021 11:08 AM IST

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, second right, gestures towards U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second left, and Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, left, with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, right, standing beside him, ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.(AP)

Rajnath to attend SCO meet at Tajikistan today

All eyes will be on whether Singh will meet his Chinese counterpart when armies of both countries are involved in a...

28 July 2021 8:32 AM IST

Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti speaks at the UNSC, in New York. (PTI Photo)

India as UNSC head to focus on peacekeeping and terror

India on Sunday took over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of August

1 Aug 2021 11:04 PM IST

From 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the last census, the Indian population is projected to grow to 1.66 billion by 2050. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)

AA Edit | 8 billion people in the world: Turning point for humanity?

Currently, our growth is about a billion per decade

10 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST