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Aid shipments to Gaza to be suspended on Saturdays
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Israeli agency COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories: Judea and Samaria and towards the Gaza Strip) reported that, in line with an agreement reached with the US, Egypt and the UN, the Kerem Shalom and Nitzana border crossings between Israel and Egypt will be clo
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Pakistan: Imran Khan says 'un-Islamic' marriage case lodged to "humiliate"
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has termed the seven-year sentence in the "un-Islamic" marriage or the 'Iddat' case as "politically motivated," which is meant to "humiliate" him, Dawn reported.
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Mahrang Baloch urges human rights organisations, international media to ad
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch urged all human rights organisations, including the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, to address the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
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"UN has not been a stellar organization": Netanyahu tells UN ambassadors
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Wednesday, met with a delegation of ambassadors to the UN, including from Malta, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Slovenia and Sierra Leone and spoke with them about how UN workers have
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UN official arrives in Israel to document Hamas sexual atrocities
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
According to an Israeli Foreign Ministry announcement, her visit "comes against the backdrop of UN bodies such as the UN Women organization ignoring the reports of the appalling cases that have been uncovered."
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Israeli agency slams UN for false allegations it is hampering Gaza aid eff
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Israeli agency COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories: Judea and Samaria and towards the Gaza Strip) issued a scathing refutation of false accusations made against Israel by UNRWA (the UN Relief Workers Agency that handles the Palestinian areas) that asserted Isr
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"Appreciated his position on need for urgency of reforms in international
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met President of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, here on Wednesday, expressing his happiness over the 'positive discussions' held.
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"Geopolitical realities" not reflected in UNSC, reforms necessary: UNGA Pr
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
President of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, said on Wednesday that reforming the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is "absolutely necessary," adding that today's "geopolitical realities" are not reflected in the council.
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UNGA President calls on international community to redouble efforts to eli
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Highlighting that the world is witnessing the "damaging and destabilising" effect of terrorism, President of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis emphasised the need among member states to collaborate in efforts to combat this menace.
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Elon Musk advocates for India's permanent UNSC membership, says "India not
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Taking to X, Musk said, "At some point, there needs to be a revision of the UN bodies. Problem is that those with excess power don't want to give it up. India not having a permanent seat on the Security Council, despite being the most populous country on Earth, is absurd. Africa collectiv
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UN's legitimacy threatened by concentration of power in hands of five perm
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Democracy Forum (TDF) President Lord Bruce has said the UN's legitimacy continues to be threatened by the inequitable concentration of power in the hands of the five permanent members (P5) of the Security Council.
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New UN coordinator for Gaza visits Egypt to 'expedite all areas' of aid
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
"I'm here because of the mandate of the Security Council to see how we can facilitate, accelerate and expedite all areas of the assistance that is so much needed for civilians in Gaza," Kaag said on the UN Official X Account.
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