United Nations: India has sought UN's intervention in the release of Mumbai terror attack mastermind and LeT commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, saying it was in violation of the norms of the global body and it should
Kathmandu: The United Nations says 8 million people have been affected by the weekend earthquake in Nepal that killed nearly 5,000 people and 1.4 million people are in need of food assistance, but the challenge
Geneva: The UN today released $ 15 million as emergency aid for quake-hit Nepal to "scale up" the rescue operations in the country which is facing an acute shortage of food, water, electricity and medicines. "I
Kathmandu: Around 50,000 pregnant women and girls could be affected by the devastating earthquake in Nepal which has killed over 4,350 people and impacted the life of some eight million people, the UN said today.
Kathmandu: The earthquake in Nepal has impacted eight million people in 39 districts, of which over two million live in 11 most severely affected districts, the UN said on Tuesday.The immediate priority of the victims
Mogadishu: At least seven people were killed in an attack on a UN vehicle in Garowe, the capital of Puntland in northeastern Somalia, on Monday.Four UN Children's Fund (Unicef) staff members were among the dead
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called for a "comprehensive and collective" response to ensure "a robust search and rescue capacity in the Mediterranean" after a boat capsize off the Libyan coast is
United Nations: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said that there is a continuing trend of high civilian casualties in the country and civilian casualties increased by 8 percent during the first three months
United Nations: U.N.diplomats say the Security Council will vote Tuesday on a draft U.N. resolution that would impose an arms embargo on leaders of Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels and their key supporters, ex-president Ali Abdullah
United Nations: The UN has said it is accepting nomination for the 2015 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize, and the list of laureates is expected to be announced in June."The UN is calling for nominations for
New Delhi: India has called for giving impetus to “production by the masses,” saying predominantly agrarian nations like it should generate mass manufacturing and foster industrialisation to create jobs for the youth. “Employment creation and decent
United Nations: Senior UN officials said on Monday that the Boko Haram militant group has been unable to disrupt the electoral process in Nigeria and following the involvement of regional forces in Nigeria, the area
United Nations: Representing the largest contributor to the UN Peacekeeping Operations, India's Chief of Army Staff Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag has called for better consultations with troop-contributing countries in deciding mandates for the operations.Addressing the
United Nations: The top UN envoy in Afghanistan said on Monday that recent reports indicate the Islamic State extremist group has established a foothold in Afghanistan, a view echoed by Russia which urged the Security
Baghdad: The U.N. mission to Iraq says violence in the country claimed the lives of at least 1,100 Iraqis in February, including more than 600 civilians.In a statement Sunday, the U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq
United Nations: The UN Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at cutting off financial support to Islamic State and other Al-Qaeda-linked terror outfits through illicit activities like raising funds through oil smuggling, trading
Beijing: China today said it respects the aspirations of India and Brazil to play bigger roles at the UN Security Council, while keeping mum on Japan's candidature.About the Indian and Brazilian applications to become permanent
Islamabad: Amid confusion over the status of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led militant outfit JuD, Pakistan government today said it will ensure that all organisations proscribed by the UN are banned in the country.“There is
Baghdad: The United Nations mission to Iraq said Sunday that violence in the country amid the war against the extremist Islamic State group killed at least 1,375 people in January.The U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq,
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon Wednesday condemned "in the strongest terms" the attack on a hotel in Libya, which killed at least eight people Tuesday.Ban expressed his condolences to the families of
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