United Nations
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Hafiz Saeed wants Pakistan to declare war on India, avenge killing of 13 terrorists by Indian Army
Hafiz Saeed is the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attack. He runs Lahore-based terror JuD. The ground has been blacklisted by the US. Saeed also carries a bounty of USD 10 million, announced by the US.
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UN votes to allow European Union ships off Libya to seize illegal arms
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution allowing the European Union’s maritime force off Libya’s…
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Risk that Rio Olympics will spread Zika is ‘very low’: United Nations
There is “a very low risk” that the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics will accelerate the spread of the Zika virus around the globe, the World Health Organization has said.
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UN elects Fiji ambassador to top General Assembly post
The U.N. General Assembly, in a rare contested election, chose Fiji’s UN Ambassador on Monday as president of its 71st anniversary session beginning in September.
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World in chaos, Israel gets singular focus at UN rights body
Wars in Iraq, Syria and Yemen have killed hundreds of thousands of people. Enforced disappearances, torture and extremist attacks infringe on human rights worldwide. Tyrannical, autocratic leaders and their allies from Belarus to Burundi repel dissent with an iron fist.
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US says Bashar al-Assad forces bombed town after aid delivered
Assad had allowed the convoy in to the town at all was “positive, but only a partial delivery and we would call for the rest of the supplies to be delivered as as soon as possible.”
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M Karunanidhi slams Centre for ‘thrusting Sanskrit’
DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi today charged the BJP led government at the Centre with being obstinate in “thrusting” Sanskrit and said such “linguistic, cultural chauvinism” would derail the nation from the pathway of growth.
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UN chief took Saudis off blacklist over threat to stop funds
Ban Ki-Moon said he decided ”to temporarily remove” the Saudi-led coalition countries from the blacklist of governments and armed groups violating children’s rights pending a joint review of cases with the Saudis.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit Belgium, Russia, Greece
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave New York on June 13 for Brussels, Belgium, to participate in the European Development Days before attending an event in Russia and visiting Greece.
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Swedish Maj Gen appointed to head UN mission in India, Pakistan
A high-ranking Swedish military official will be the new head of the United Nations mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire line between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Send Eritrea to International Criminal Court: United Nations
Eritrea’s ”systematic, widespread” human rights abuses should be referred to the International Criminal Court as crimes against humanity that include enslavement of up to 400,000 people, a United Nations commission of inquiry said Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia criticises UN over Yemen blacklisting
Saudi Arabia has rejected a United Nations report that criticised the military coalition it is leading in Yemen, saying it was based primarily on information supplied by its adversaries.
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UN blacklists Saudi-led coalition over child deaths in Yemen
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has placed the Saudi-led military coalition supporting Yemen’s government on an annual blacklist over the deaths of hundreds of children in airstrikes.
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Britain, France pressure UN over Syria aid drops
Britain and France urged the United Nations to begin humanitarian air drops to Syria’s besieged areas including a rebel-held town near Damascus after the first aid convoy there in years contained no food.
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UN rapid deployment peacekeeping force to be ready by yearend
The UN’s rapid deployment force of 15,000 peacekeepers who can be rushed to trouble spots is expected to be ready by the end of the year, according to Harve Ladsous, the Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations.
