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Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)

There's a crisis of survival and human agency

More and more people around the world are waking up to the reality of the epoch that has become known as the...

20 Oct 2018 1:10 AM IST

Had it not been for early agriculture, Earths climate would be significantly cooler today (Photo: AFP)

Storm heading your way': UN warns of growing hunger, climate change...

The UN aims to achieve a Zero Hunger world by 2030, but faces three obstacles: conflicts, climate change and an economic...

16 Oct 2018 5:59 PM IST

Almost 2,00,000 people need urgent help, the UNs humanitarian office said, among them tens of thousands of children, with an estimated 66,000 homes destroyed or damaged by the 7.5-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned. (Photo: AP)

Time running out for survivors as Indonesia death toll nears 1,400

In Geneva, the United Nations expressed frustration at the slow pace of the response.

3 Oct 2018 12:35 PM IST

Vice president and Rajya Sabh chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Monday rejected the Congress-led opposition parties notice to impeach CJI Dipak Misra. (Photo: File/AP)

Venkaiah Naidu flags issue of cross-border terrorism from Pakistan

Naidu urged UN to come up with 'strong, coded actions' to tackle terror, its sponsors and those who are funding and...

1 Oct 2018 4:49 PM IST

Swamys statement comes after Swaraj on Saturday used the United Nations platform to highlight the serious issue of Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism and human rights violations in India. (Photo: ANI)

Imran Khan nothing but 'chaprasi', says Subramanian Swamy

Swamy was here to attend a programme of 'Sanskritik Gaurav Sansthan' Tripura unit.

1 Oct 2018 2:07 PM IST

United Nations Secretary-General Ant³nio Guterres interacts with peacekeeping forces. Every day, women and men who serve under the UN flag put their lives on the line, protecting millions of civilians at risk, supporting fragile political processes and sustaining peace.

Many challenges ahead for the UN's peacekeepers and how to meet them

UN peacekeeping faces increasingly difficult challenges, including attacks against its peacekeepers, complex mandates,...

1 Oct 2018 12:31 AM IST

The Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Israel's new homeland law is reeking of racism, many liken it to...

The law also enshrines Jerusalem as the capital and Hebrew as its state language, leaving Arabic with a mere special...

12 Nov 2018 5:44 AM IST

Syed Akbaruddin, Indias permanent representative at the UN

India slams UNSC Sanctions Committees for 'opacity', 'lack of...

India slammed in an apparent reference to China repeatedly blocking New Delhi's bid to list Masood Azhar as a global...

11 Nov 2018 2:14 PM IST

Targeting the working methods, Akbaruddin noted that even as the Council has formed an entire range of the subordinate bodies, the functioning of this subterranean universe of subordinate bodies has become Byzantine. (Photo: Twitter | Akbaruddin)

Reform, or world peace may turn into world order in pieces: India to...

In UNSC Open Debate, Akbaruddin said that the Council is facing a manifold crisis of performance, credibility,...

10 Nov 2018 1:32 PM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops, while Security Council members urged restraint on both sides. (Photo: File)

UN chief urges Lankan prez to allow vote in Parl 'as soon as possible'

The political turmoil began after Sirisena sacked PM Ranil Wickremesinghe and installed former strongman Mahinda...

3 Nov 2018 3:27 PM IST

Banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, who carries a bounty of USD 10 million announced by the US for his role in terror activities, has been under detention since January. (Photo: File | AP)

Pak copout over Hafiz

Saeed is a linchpin and guru of Pakistani terror activities.

26 Jan 2018 1:41 AM IST

Most Rohingya refugees in the Bangladeshi camps also say they will not return to a state where their villages have been torched and where they allege atrocities by the army and ethnic Rakhine locals. (Photo: AFP)

Give aid agencies unhindered access to Rohingya camps: UN to Myanmar

The UNHCR also called on Myanmar 'to create conditions for a genuine and lasting solution'.

24 Jan 2018 5:22 PM IST