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Sudan on course to become world's worst hunger crisis amid devastating 11-month civil conflict
World | Mar 21, 2024, 11:58 AM ISTAt least 18 million people are facing acute food insecurity and the Darfur region, which has seen the worst of the conflict, will face catastrophic hunger, according to the UN. Thousands of people have been killed since the war erupted in April 2023 and 10 million people have been driven homeless.
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'Earth's issuing a distress call': UN issues 'red alert' on climate change after record-hot 2023
World | Mar 20, 2024, 03:04 PM ISTA report by the World Meteorological Organisation said the climate goal of limiting global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius is in increasing jeopardy and efforts for a solution have been inadequate. The 12-month period from March 2023 to February 2024 averaged 1.56 degrees beyond the limit.
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A Gaza woman witnesses horrific incident of her husband's death as IDF attacks hospital I VIDEO
World | Mar 19, 2024, 09:03 PM ISTBritish broadcaster captured the immediate aftermath of the airstrike, which struck not far from the Shifa hospital where a woman could be seen crying seeking help from the desperate people looking for a safe place to hide.
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UN-backed food agency says Gaza suffers famine-level shortages, warns of mass death I VIDEO
World | Mar 18, 2024, 08:42 PM ISTThe UN-backed Integrated Food-Security Phase Classification, or IPC, which formally declares famines, said two of its three criteria - the overall shortage of food and prevalence of malnutrition - had probably already been met.
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India presents elaborate G4 model for UNSC reform, vouches for more permanent members
World | Mar 08, 2024, 06:21 PM ISTIndia's reform model proposes that the Security Council’s membership increase from the current 15 to 25-26, by adding six permanent and four or five non-permanent members. It stopped short of specifying which member states would occupy the new UNSC permanent seats.
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'World's terrorism factory': India launches scathing attack on Pakistan for raising J-K issue at UN
World | Mar 05, 2024, 11:23 AM ISTLast week, India made a strong retort to Pakistan's continuous habit of raking the J-K issue, saying the country is 'soaked in red of the bloodshed' caused by terrorism it sponsors. She also highlighted Pakistan's appalling human rights record and said the government towards minorities.
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'Reasonable grounds to believe' Hamas committed rape, gangrape in Israel on October 7: UN team
World | Mar 05, 2024, 08:26 AM ISTA UN team found clear and convincing information" of hostages subjected to various forms of sexual violence, which may still be ongoing. Hamas has repeatedly rejected accusations of sexual violence even as the UN team found circumstantial information of sexual violence in Israel on October 7.
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India calls Pakistan a country soaked in red' after latter shows concern over J&K at UN
News | Feb 29, 2024, 07:00 PM ISTIndia calls Pakistan a country soaked in red' after latter shows concern over J&K at UN
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India's befitting reply to Pakistan and Turkey at UNSC: 'Country that speaks soaked in red...'
World | Feb 29, 2024, 10:41 AM ISTFirst Secretary Anupama Singh said that regarding Pakistan's lengthy mentions of India, it is very regrettable that the Council's forum has once again been abused to propagate flagrantly false accusations about India.
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At UNSC, India asks why UN body 'completely ineffective' in resolving Russia-Ukraine war I VIDEO
World | Feb 27, 2024, 01:19 PM ISTIndia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador, Ruchira Kamboj, raised the question at a UN General Assembly plenary meeting held to mark two years since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict on February 24, 2022.
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United States vetoes Arab-backed resolution demanding immediate cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war
World | Feb 21, 2024, 06:13 AM ISTIsrael-Hamas war: The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining, reflecting the wide global support for ending the more than four-month war that started with Hamas’ surprise invasion of southern Israel.
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Pakistan dismisses UN concerns of pre-poll violence despite twin blasts in Balochistan
World | Feb 07, 2024, 09:27 PM ISTPre-poll violence and targeting of election candidates and voters in different provinces are common features of Pakistan polls. The year is no different, as several independent candidates have been killed, provinces have been rocked by bomb blasts and Imran Khan's party is reeling under a crackdown.
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UN chief calls on countries to resume funding for Gaza: 'Those involved in Oct 7 attack were sacked'
World | Jan 28, 2024, 06:47 PM ISTAntonio Guterres warned that the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, would be forced to scale back aid to more than 2 million Palestinians as soon as February.
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12 killed after tanks strike UN shelter in Gaza's Khan Younis, Israel denies attack
World | Jan 25, 2024, 01:34 PM ISTThe UNRWA said two tank rounds struck a vocational training centre in Khan Younis that sheltered around 30,000 people in the war-torn Gaza Strip. Wednesday's attack prompted a rare condemnation from the United States, who have warned Israel for weeks to limit civilian casualties.
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India not having permanent seat on UN Security Council is 'absurd': Elon Musk
World | Jan 23, 2024, 10:30 AM ISTUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres sparked the debate by questioning why there was not a single permanent member in the 15-member council from Africa. India has long been seeking a permanent membership at the UNSC, strongly calling for reform of the United Nations.
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UN helicopter makes emergency landing due to engine failure, Somali extremists kill 1 and capture 5
World | Jan 10, 2024, 11:48 PM ISTTerror group Al-Shabaab seized a United Nations plane with at least six crew members on board in the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia, Iranian News Agency Anadolu reported.
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India in constant touch with Israel, Palestine leaders, calls loss of civilian lives "unacceptable"
World | Jan 10, 2024, 10:03 AM ISTKamboj's remarks come after the United States vetoed a resolution proposed by Russia in the UN Security Council calling for the immediate suspension of hostilities in the Gaza Strip on December 22, 2023. The death count of 23,000 Palestinians in Gaza has caused international alarm.
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26/11 terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed serving 78-year imprisonment sentence in Pakistan: UN
World | Jan 10, 2024, 09:33 AM ISTSaeed was designated as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council's 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee in December 2008. Last month, India formally asked Pakistan for his extradition as the LeT founder is wanted by Indian probe agencies in several terror-related cases.
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South Africa files genocide case against Israel in Gaza at International Court of Justice
World | Dec 30, 2023, 12:24 PM ISTSouth Africa's filing alleged that Israel was violating its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its devastating military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Israel rejected the application "with disgust" and accused South Africa of cooperating with Hamas.
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Israel-Hamas War: UN resolution on critical aid for Gaza delayed again despite US support
World | Dec 22, 2023, 10:47 AM ISTNegotiators tried hard to avoid another US veto of a UNSC resolution drafted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) demanding Israel and Hamas to allow all routes for humanitarian deliveries. This came as negotiators, including the warring parties, are engaged in fierce discussions on a new truce.