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India joins 135 nations to back UNSC resolution condemning Iran's "egregio
Updated : 3 days, 11 hours ago IST
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution condemning Iran's "egregious attacks" against regional neighbours, demanding an immediate halt to hostilities and interference with maritime trade. While 13 members voted in favour, Russia and China abstained, with Tehran dismissing the move a
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Targeted killings in Balochistan deepen scrutiny of Pakistan's security ro
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Three young men were shot dead in Balochistan's Panjgur district, allegedly by state-backed "death squads." The Baloch Yakjehti Committee condemned the killings alongside recent attacks on intellectuals and artists, urging the UN to investigate these escalating human rights violations and ta
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Sindhi nationalist leader's disappearance triggers outrage, rights violati
Updated : 1 week ago IST
The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) has condemned the alleged enforced disappearance of activists Saeed Tiyono and Sabir Abro by Pakistani agencies. JSFM termed the abductions "state terrorism" and threatened highway protests unless they are released, while urging the UN and UK Parliament
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"US committed a war crime:" Iran Ambassador to the UN accuses US of violat
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Iran's UN Ambassador Amir-Saeid Iravani has urged the Security Council to halt "joint US-Israeli" attacks. He alleged a US "war crime" after the frigate Dena was targeted in international waters, reportedly killing 100 sailors. Tehran is demanding international accountability and an immed
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Pakistan's Op 'Ghazab lil-Haq' killed mostly Afghan women, children: UN re
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
The UN body said that from late evening on February 26 to March 5, it verified and recorded 185 civilian casualties in Afghanistan due to indirect fire and aerial attacks linked to cross-border armed clashes with Pakistan.
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RSKS activist urges global action on housing rights at UN Human Rights Cou
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
At the UN Human Rights Council, RSKS activist Neha urged governments to treat safe housing as a fundamental human right and address the global housing crisis. She highlighted the impact on vulnerable communities and pointed to India's Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana as an example of large-scale a
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Pakistan's blasphemy victim Shagufta Kiran's case raised at UN in Geneva
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
During the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Jubilee Campaign representative Hulda Fahmi, during an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture, highlighted the case of Shagufta Kiran, a Christian woman imprisoned in Pakistan over blasphemy allega
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US First Lady Melania Trump chairs UN meeting, promotes peace through educ
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
This is the first time that the spouse of any world leader has presided over the meeting of the 15-member UNSC, which Melania did on behalf of the US as it assumed the rotating presidency of the UN council this month, the White House said in a statement.
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UN decries "transnational repression" as 40 Uyghurs vanish after forced re
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
UN experts are decrying the disappearance of 40 Uyghur men forcibly returned to China from Thailand a year ago. Held for a decade before deportation, their fate remains unknown. The UN warns this reflects a pattern of transnational repression and urges China to provide information and legal
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Iran FM Araghchi writes to UN Secy General Antonio Guterres on Ayatollah K
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has formally written to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and members of the UN Security Council over what Tehran calls the "assassination" of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a devastating joint military operation by th
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"Where UN lacks moral clarity, US will maintain it": Ambassador Mike Waltz
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Defending US strikes in Iran, United States Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, on Saturday (local time) said that this was a time for the world to have a moment of clarity on Tehran's "horrific crimes" as he questioned the United Nations position amid the escalated tension in the Middle East.
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UN Secy General condemns military escalation in Middle East, calls on memb
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
"All Member States must respect their obligations under international law, including the Charter of the UN. The Charter clearly prohibits "the threat of the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the
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