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- India
PM Modi scheduled to attend UNGA high-level meeting in September
United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend the UN General Assembly’s high-level meeting in New York in September, according to the preliminary programme released by the Assembly President Dennis…
- Middle East
Delegates walk out of UN meeting amid Israeli official’s speech
Amid a speech by an Israeli official at the International Labour Conference in Geneva, dozens of delegates walked out of the meeting. The walkout occurred when the Israeli official responded to criticism…
- World
Guterres congratulates Indian people for ‘massive exercise of democracy’
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres congratulates the people of India for the “massive exercise of democracy”, his Associate Spokesperson Florencia Soto Nino said on Tuesday. “We, of course, want to congratulate…
- Middle East
UN chief condoles death of security staffer in Gaza
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condoled the death of a UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) staff member and injury to another DSS staffer in an attack in Gaza, said…
- World
New Zealand supports UN Palestine resolution
New Zealand voted in favour of a resolution broadening Palestine’s participation at the United Nations General Assembly overnight, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “The resolution enhances the rights of Palestine to participate…
- India
G7’s coal phase-out not enough without ending gas dependency: Experts
New Delhi: The agreement arrived at by G7 ministers to phase out the existing unabated coal power generation by 2035 is welcome, but their addiction to gas production and consumption remains the…
- World
Following US Palestine veto at UN, Abbas to rethink bilateral ties
Ramallah: The Palestinian leadership in the West Bank wants to reconsider its bilateral relations with the United States following Washington’s veto in the United Nations Security Council of full UN membership for…
- Middle East
Israel-Iran tensions: Biden to convene G-7 leaders’ meeting on response
Washington: The US, Canada and the UN have condemned the Iranian air attack on Israel, with President Joe Biden reaffirming America’s “ironclad commitment” to the Jewish nation and vowing to convene a…
- Middle East
Iran warns US after drone strikes on Israel
New York: Iran came out in defence of its retaliatory attack on Israel on Saturday in response to an attack on its consulate in Syria, saying that the “matter can be deemed…
- Middle East
Over 1.1 mn people in Gaza facing food insecurity: UN
Gaza: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that more than 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip are facing “an extreme level of food insecurity,”…
- News
US says Bangladesh elections not free or fair, UN also raise concern
United Nations: A day after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party emerged victorious at the polls, the US and UN voiced concern over violence and reports of irregularities on the day of…