The North's space agency said that its new “Chollima-1” carrier rocket accurately placed the Malligyong-1 satellite into orbit on Tuesday night, about 12 minutes after liftoff from the country's main launch centre.
Notably, North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong Un is eager to operate spy satellites to deal with what it calls escalating US-led military threats. But its two previous attempts to place a spy satellite into orbit earlier this year ended in failure due to technical issues.
Speaking in the Informal meeting of the plenary in the UN General Assembly on a briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj stressed that the message from the Indian leadership has been “clear and consistent.
This comes after four failed attempts at the UN Security Council to allow humanitarian access for Gazans in the month-long conflict. The US has demanded a clear condemnation of the Hamas' October 7 attack, while Russia seeks a call for a ceasefire.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that floods of such magnitude are statistically likely to occur once in 100 years. Heavy rainfall and floods have displaced almost half a million people in Somalia and caused extensive damage to the infrastructure.
More than 100,000 Palestinians have fled south over the past two days, according to Israel, but they still face bombardment and dire conditions.
Israel-Hamas war: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. He also called for an urgent ceasefire.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a cease-fire to facilitate the release of captives or end the war, which he has said will be long and difficult. His statement came despite UN agency saying an urgent ceasefire is "a matter of life and death'' for millions of Palestinians.
At the United Nations, India called for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine issue. It advocated for the establishment of a sovereign, independent and viable state of Palestine, which could live within secure and recognised borders, side by side in peace with Israel.
Several human rights organisations have criticised China for subjecting Uyghurs to torture and inhumane treatment, including sexual violence and forced abortions. China has always rejected the accusations and accused the West of misleading people.
According to Kamboj, the UN Security Council will continue to face "a crisis of credibility" unless it undertakes comprehensive reforms and steps in the direction of reformed multilateralism. She said that India's conviction of UN reform is backed by several countries of the Global South.
Bagchi would succeed Indra Mani Pandey as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Pandey was appointed as Permanent Representative Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva since September 5, 2020.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the situation in the region is "reaching a new low" since the Hamas attacks on Israel. He appealed for humanitarian law and human rights to be upheld and moving such a large number of people in such a short time was "not possible".
While addressing the Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam event at UN headquarters in New York… Acharya asserted that those involved in such crimes must be penalised Acharya Lokesh underscored that world leaders need to make sure of the safety and well-being of their citizens. He added they must appeal for peace a
Top Jain monk Acharya Lokesh, during his speech at the United Nations, underscored that world leaders need to make sure of the safety and well-being of their citizens and added that atrocities against women and children must be stopped immediately.
Zaman Mehdi, Pakistan's Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, slammed Israel over an "illegal foreign occupation" of Palestine. He requested a moment of silence for those killed in the "occupied Palestinian territory" but failed to mention the 1,000 people killed in Israel.
Sources said the official confirmation of Arindam Bagchi's posting at the UN as India's permanent representative is yet to come but the government has taken the decision on the matter. Bagchi has been serving as a bureaucrat since 1995.
Culminating a criminal probe that was opened over a decade ago, the Swiss prosecutors announced the indictment and said Karimova allegedly developed and ran a crime ring known as “The Office” that involved several dozen people and multiple companies.
Notably, the statement from Jaishankar came after Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, claimed that the government would permit a Chinese research vessel to dock at Colombo port in October. According to media reports, Shi Yan 6 ship has entered the Indian Ocean.
Rae, on Tuesday, reiterated the stance of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and said that "democracies are under threat due to foreign interference" and cannot bend the rules of state-to-state relations for political expediency". A
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