Search For "nations"
Sri Lankan Prez urges world to support vaccination drive of less wealthy n
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 4 (ANI): Underlining the threat posed by the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday called upon nations that have the wherewithal to support the vaccination drive of less wealthy countries more effectively.
Read More
UN extends mandate for int'l forces fighting piracy off coast of Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday renewed for an additional three months its authorization for states and regional organizations cooperating with Somalia to use all necessary means to fight piracy off the coast of the East African coun
Read More
Ahead of Putin's visit, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov to arrive
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov is scheduled to visit India on December 5-6 and will participate in the 2+2 ministerial dialogue between the two nations, ahead of Russian President Vladamir Putin's visit to the country.
Read More
Defence ministers of US, Japan agree to hold meeting in 2+2 format: Pentag
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi have held a phone conversation, during which they agreed to hold a meeting in a 2+2 format with the nations' foreign policy chiefs, the US Department of Defence said.
Read More
Defence Ministers of US, Japan agree to hold meeting in 2+2 format
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi have held a phone conversation, during which they agreed to hold a meeting in a 2+2 format with the nations' foreign policy chiefs, the US Department of Defence said.
Read More
UNHRC calls for humanitarian aid for 3.5 million Afghans to avoid starvati
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 4 (ANI): UN Human Rights Council has appealed to increase humanitarian support to 3.5 million people including 700,000 from 2021 alone who were displaced due to the conflict in Afghanistan, the United Nations body said in a statement.
Read More
J-K: COVID negative international travellers from 'at risk' nations to qua
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 4 (ANI): With the emergence of COVID-19 Omicron variant cases, Jammu and Kashmir government, in its advisory, said that international travellers from 'at risk' nations, who test negative at the Srinagar airport, will have to home quarantine for
Read More
China accuses MI6 chief of pushing 'fake news' after comments that it targ
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 3 (ANI): The Chinese embassy in the UK has targetted the head of Britain's secret intelligence service, accusing Richard Moore of "peddling fake news" after the MI6 chief claimed Beijing targets poor countries with "debt" and "data" traps, a media report said.
Read More
India's trade growth accelerated both in goods, services in 3rd quarter: U
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 3 (ANI): India's trade growth accelerated both in goods and services in the 3rd quarter even as overall trend showed a stronger COVID-19 recovery for goods than services, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Friday.
Read More
India invited 52 nations to attend 100 years of Public Account's Committee
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Parliament's Public Account's Committee's (PAC) Chairperson and Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that a total of 52 countries including Pakistan were invited to the celebrations of 100 years of the PAC but Islamabad did not resp
Read More
UN General Assembly adopts Olympic Truce for Beijing 2022
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 3 (ANI): The resolution entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal" was adopted on Friday by consensus and co-sponsored by 173 Member States at the 76th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) in New York.
Read More
Humanitarians distribute aid in Afghanistan, one of world's greatest emerg
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 3 (ANI): The United Nations and its partners are conducting needs assessments while distributing aid across Afghanistan, one of the world's greatest emergencies, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
Read More