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US willing to fight China on behalf of Philippines, following ship collisi
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"The United States defence agreement with the Philippines is ironclad. Any attack on the Filipino aircraft, vessels or armed forces will invoke our mutual defence treaty with the Philippines," Biden said during a joint press conference.
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UN Security Council members express concerns over Afghan women's role, esp
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Several members of the United Nations Security Council members have expressed concerns about human rights violations and women's rights in Afghanistan, stating that women, including female journalists and human rights activists, are facing violence in public places, Khaama Press reported on
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UAE Parliament participates in IPU meeting on reforming UN Security Counci
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The UAE Parliamentary Division's statement, presented by Marwan Al Muhairi, stressed the need for reforming the UN Security Council and pointed out that the world has changed drastically since the council was formed in 1945, noting the Council's inability to act effectively and consistently
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Biden's comments linking IMEC and Hamas attack "misunderstood": White Hous
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesman John Kirby was responding to a question on President Biden hinting that one of the reasons behind Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel was the recent announcement of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor that integrates the entire r
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"Women are agents of social change and social cohesion": India at UNSC
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Yojana Patel also highlighted India's contribution in the matter and noted that as the UN's fifth largest troop contributor, India created history in 2007 by deploying the first-ever all-female Formed Police Unit (FPU) for UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia.
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Israel has right, responsibility to go after Hamas: White House
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Israel has a right and responsibility to go after Hamas after what happened on October 7, White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, John Kirby said on Thursday (local time).
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Israel President Herzog condemns UN chief remarks, says root cause of conf
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Condemning the recent remarks of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres where he said Hamas's murderous October 7 onslaught "didn't occur in a vacuum", Israel President Isaac Herzog has said that he "absolutely reject" his words and added that the problem with the conflict is t
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Moscow regrets that UNSC fell short of expectations: Russia's envoy to UN
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Nebenzya said: "We regret that the Security Council has failed to take another opportunity to respond to the unprecedented crisis in the Middle East. It has fallen short of expectations. We did our best to help it."
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UN chief doubles down on Hamas remarks, decries 'misrepresentations'
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In remarks that especially outraged Israel, he had said it was important to "recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum" as the Palestinians have been "subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation."
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India slams Pakistan for raising Kashmir issue during Israel-Hamas Debate
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
R. Ravindra, India's Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) to the United Nations on Wednesday before concluding his remarks at the forum called that the remarks from the Pakistan side as unworthy of a response and not dignifying it.
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Israel denies Visas to UN officials as furore over Guterres' remarks escal
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Guterres angered Israelis during a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday when he said, "It is important to also recognise the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum," claiming that "The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation."
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Jordan's Queen criticises "double standard" of West on Israel-Hamas confli
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Meanwhile in a press conference on the sidelines of Tuesday's United Nations Security Council's open debate on the situation in the Middle East, Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi emphasised that the lives of Palestinians are no less valuable than the lives of I
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