United Nations: The UN Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, which killed at least eight people.In a press statement Tuesday, the Security Council members expressed their sympathy
Geneva: India will see a gradual growth acceleration with its GDP expected to reach 5.9 per cent this year and 6.3 per cent in 2016, the UN said today while partly crediting the recovery to
Kathmandu: Nepal's Vice President Parmananda Jha, who had got into trouble for taking oath of office in Hindi, today suggested that the language be added to the list of six official languages in the United
Gandhinagar: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today asked India to set an ambitious target to cut down carbon emissions, saying it is in a unique position to lead sustainability, energy efficiency and fight against
Freetown: Sierra Leone is in a better position now than it has been, in its fight against Ebola, according to the new UN Ebola mission chief.Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the new head of the UN
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has accepted the request by Palestine to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying the ICC admission will take place April 1, a move that could lead to possible
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United Nations: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Wednesday announced that it is launching an initiative aimed at ferrying aid to Ukraine's internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as other vulnerable citizens trapped by the
Beirut: The gunmen came to the all-girls' elementary school in the Iraqi city of Fallujah at midday with a special delivery: piles of long black robes with gloves and face veils, now required dress code
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for ramping up recovery efforts in West Africa where the Ebola virus had wreaked havoc.While speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters here upon his return
United Nations: A UN Security Council panel has issued a “revised” letter removing the term ‘sahib' from the name of Mumbai terror attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, saying it regrets the mistake after
United Nations: The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Friday asking Israel to pay Lebanon over $850 million in damages for an oil spill caused by an Israeli air force attack on oil
New Delhi: The adoption of June 21 as the International Yoga Day by the UN signifies the support that recent diplomatic endeavours of the government have evoked on the world stage, External Affairs Minister Sushma
Addis Ababa: The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA, called on Monday for creditors to cancel the outstanding debt of the three West African countries worst affected by the deadly Ebola epidemic.The proposal to
United Nations: The U.N. Security Council is blaming South Sudan's “man-made political, security and humanitarian catastrophe” and the threat of famine on its feuding leaders.The council again threatened targeted sanctions against those impeding the peace
New Delhi: Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh has been appointed as a member of a board which provides strategic policy advice to a key UN agency on environmentally-sound technologies for developing nations. Ramesh said he
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti: In the wake of violent anti-government protests and a commission's call for his resignation, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said he would address the nation Saturday to make an announcement.Lamothe's statement, made via his
New Delhi: Yoga experts around India -- its birthplace -- Friday hailed the UN decision to declare June 21 as the International Yoga Day, saying it would greatly boost the ancient Indian science.Several experts and
United Nations: The UN humanitarian coordinator in Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini, warned on Thursday that the humanitarian situation in the country has significantly deteriorated this year for the first time since the end of the 2011
United Nations: Less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the idea, the UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted an India-led resolution declaring June 21 as International Day of Yoga, recognising that "Yoga
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