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Autarky: Centre rejects UAE financial aid for flood-hit Kerala

The question of autarky debated as India rejects UAE's offer to give Rs 700 crore in financial aid to flood-hit Kerala.

Aug 22, 2018

Kabul suicide bombing: UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack, calls it 'heinous and cowardly'

The suicide bomber walked into an education centre. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Aug 16, 2018

Myanmar ready to take back verified Rohingyas: Suu Kyi

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi told a visiting UN delegation that the country was ready to allow the return of Rohingya refugees after they complete a verification process.

May 1, 2018

Donald Trump to meet Kim Jong-un by May, talks to discuss North Korea's denuclearization 'being planned'

US President Donald Trump has reportedly accepted Kim Jong-un's invitation to hold a summit by May and talk about the reclusive nation's nuclear programme.

Mar 9, 2018

Adding to the misery, Kim Jong-un bans drinking, singing in North Korea to tighten control on citizens

Pyongyang has banned its citizens from taking part in gatherings that involve singing, drinking and entertainment and is also monitoring the political unit of its military to control "impure attitude."

Nov 21, 2017

India's nominee Dalveer Bhandari re-elected to ICJ as UK withdraws candidate

India's win at the ICJ polls means that there will not be a British judge at the UN's most powerful court for the first time in its history.

Nov 21, 2017

Dalveer Bhandari being chosen ICJ judge has a lot more ramifications for India than meets the eye

India wants Dalveer Bhandari, its 70-year-old candidate, elected judge at the International Court of Justice for a lot many reasons. Read to know what they are.

Nov 20, 2017

ICJ election: India and UK face off for last seat today as Britain resorts to 'dirty politics'

The poll will see India's nominee Dalveer Bhandari and Britain's Christopher Greenwood face off for re-election.

Nov 20, 2017

UN warns world will see its largest famine in decades if no aid is provided to Yemen

UN aid chief Mark Lowcock on Wednesday said that the Saudi-led military coalition must allow humanitarian aid access to the citizens of Yemen.

Nov 9, 2017

India says China's non-consensus to declare Azhar a global terrorist won't stop its counter terrorism efforts

India in a befitting response to China's refusal in declaring Azhar as a global terrorist, said, "Accommodating with terrorism for narrow objectives is short-sighted and counterproductive."

Nov 3, 2017

United Nations appeals for $430 million in aid to assist Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is currently facing a refugee crisis, where the figure of Rohingya refugees has more than doubled than what was calculated weeks earlier.

Oct 4, 2017

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

UN chief Guterres urges Myanmar to end anti-Rohingya ops, open humanitarian access

The UN chief said that the intergovernmental organisation has received "bone-chilling accounts" of Rohingya refugees being subjected to "excessive violence."

Sep 29, 2017

India targets safe havens in Pakistan, urges UNSC to put sanctions on Afghan terror funds

India's permanent representative at the United Nations (UN), Syed Akbaruddin, in his address to the UNSC mentioned all the terror groups based in Pakistan, without mentioning the name of the country.

Sep 27, 2017

UN Security Council to meet on Thursday to discuss Myanmar as Rohingya crisis flares

The meeting has been arranged after the United States, Britain, France, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Senegal, and Sweden requested for it, in light of the numerous killings in the recent days,

Sep 26, 2017

North Korea remains defiant, says seeking military 'equilibrium' with US

After North fired another missile, the US suggested that its patience for diplomacy with Pyongyang is wearing thin.

Sep 16, 2017

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