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India condemns ‘deplorable’ attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
United Nations: India has condemned the attack on United Nations (UN) peacekeepers in Lebanon that killed a Serbian Blue Helmet and injured two others, and called for an immediate and thorough investigation…
- Middle East
UN chief alarmed by US-Iran exchange of fire, urges restraint
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by the reported exchange of fire overnight between the United States and Iran and by reports that Iran has targeted Kuwait and Bahrain, his…
- Middle East
More than 1,000 humanitarian aid pallets enter Gaza, says UN
United Nations: Despite significant delays introduced at a new Israeli checkpoint, aid partners collected more than 1,000 pallets of essential supplies for Gaza in one day, UN humanitarians have said. The UN…
- Middle East
UN chief proposes three options to end Israel-Hezbollah conflict
United Nations: The United Nations chief has proposed three options to help end the decades-old conflict between Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militants and Israel when the 8,100-member UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon…
- Afghanistan
UN rights body condemns Taliban move legitimising child marriage
Geneva: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has strongly condemned a new Taliban decree in Afghanistan that legitimises child marriage and considers a girl’s silence as consent to…
- India
UN awards Medal of Honour to over 550 Indian Peace Keepers in South Sudan
United Nations: Over 550 Indian peacekeepers, including 53 women, serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) were honoured for their dedication and commitment to protecting civilians and supporting peacebuilding efforts…
- India
India marks Peacekeepers Day with UN commitment pledge
United Nations: India underlined its “unflinching commitment” to UN peacekeeping as it paid homage at a solemn ceremony at the UN to peacekeepers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.…
- World
Think it’s hot now? The next five years will smash records: UN
Washington: In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way,…
- India
Yoga becoming global soft power tool: Ayush secretary
New Delhi: Yoga has emerged as one of India’s most powerful instruments of cultural outreach and global soft power, while also becoming a central pillar of preventive healthcare in the fight against…
- Middle East
India’s Major Abhilasha Barak serving in Lebanon wins UN gender award
United Nations: Indian peacekeeper serving with the UN mission in Lebanon, Major Abhilasha Barak, has been named the recipient of a prestigious military gender advocate award by the world body. Barak has…
- News
Afghanistan: UN flags new law that allows child marriage for girls
The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage, saying the code further entrenches…
- World
US court blocks sanctions on outspoken UN Gaza expert
A US federal court has temporarily suspended sanctions imposed on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese by the Trump administration, in a ruling seen as a major setback for Washington’s measures against the…
- World
Scientific progress viewed through narrow lens, Jaishankar says at math exhibition
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar inaugurated an exhibition highlighting Indian civilisation’s contributions to mathematics, noting that the global narrative of scientific progress has long been viewed through a “narrow lens”…
- India
Jaishankar to inaugurate UN exhibition on India’s mathematical contributions
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will inaugurate a special exhibition at the UN headquarters on Monday, May 11, that will showcase India’s historic and rich contribution to mathematics across millennia.…
- Middle East
US, Iran clash over Tehran’s nuclear programme as UN treaty review begins
United Nations: The United States and Iran clashed over Tehran’s nuclear programme as a review of the treaty meant to prevent the spread of atomic weapons got underway Monday, April 27, at…
