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Drake confirms release date for 'Certified Lover Boy' album
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 30 (ANI): American rapper and songwriter Drake has confirmed in unambiguous terms that his long-awaited sixth full-length album "Certified Lover Boy" will finally be out on Friday.
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UN Security Council to meet on Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 30 (ANI): With the US military drawdown from Afghanistan on the verge of completion, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to meet at 3 pm Eastern Time (ET) Monday, to discuss the ongoing developments in Afghanistan.
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Tokyo Paralympics: Vinod Kumar loses bronze after Technical Delegates deci
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 30 (ANI): Discus thrower Vinod Kumar has lost his medal after the classification panel was unable to allocate the Indian athlete with a sport class on Monday. He is therefore ineligible for the Men's F52 Discus medal event meaning his bronze on Sunday will not count.
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Moscow calls on UN to return to Afghanistan as influx of refugees possible
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow believes that the influx of Afghan refugees to other countries is possible and calls on the United Nations to return to the country, Russian Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said on Monday.
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Afghan children 'at greater risk than ever', top UNICEF official warns
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI): Afghan children have paid the heaviest price in recent weeks of increased conflict and insecurity, said a UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) senior official, adding that the world "cannot abandon them now".
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UNSC not holding discussions on sending UN peacekeeping mission to Afghani
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council (UNSC) is not engaged in any discussions regarding the possibility of sending a UN peacekeeping mission to Afghanistan following the Taliban's (terrorist organization, banned in Russia) takeover, a UNSC source told Sputnik.
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Foreign Secretary reaches New York to chair UNSC meeting
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to UN TS Tirumurti received Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla in New York who will chair the United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday (local time).
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Children in Afghanistan should not be abandoned: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI/Xinhua): With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world "cannot abandon them now," a senior official with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) appealed on Sunday after concluding a visit to the country.
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Pakistan gave birth to Taliban to counter India, says former Afghan envoy
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): Pakistan had birthed Taliban in an attempt to counter India, a former Afghan envoy has said citing former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf.
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Foreign members of ISIL-K, al-Qaida entered Afghanistan via Pakistan: UN r
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 28 (ANI): Almost all foreign members of ISIL-K and al-Qaida have entered Afghanistan via Pakistan and the leaders of these outfits along with those of the Taliban have been living in Pakistan, according to a new United Nations report.
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Vaccine inequity causes 'dangerous divergence' in COVID survival rates: UN
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 28 (ANI): The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at "two alarmingly different speeds", UN agency leaders said.
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Pakistan will play constructive role in Afghanistan, says Qureshi amid acc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 28 (ANI): With anti-Pakistan protests erupting across several countries against Islamabad's proxy role in assisting the Taliban, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said that the country would continue to play a constructive role to support Afghanist
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