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"Once you see the barbarity and savagery...": Israel envoy shreds UNSC for
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, lambasted the United Nations Security Council for failing to condemn the October 7 Hamas terror attacks and the slaughter of unarmed civilians.
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UAE leverages oil power to push secretive oil companies on emission reduct
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Environmentalists have criticised the initiative, led by Sultan al-Jaber, head of this year's climate talks and chief of the UAE's national oil company.
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50,000 Palestinians moved to southern Gaza through corridor set up by Isra
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Palestinians have been able to evacuate northern Gaza due to a formalized humanitarian pause in the fighting that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) implemented in several neighbourhoods in northern Gaza for the first time after pressure from the Biden administration.
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UNAMA head Roza Otunbayeva criticizes violation of rights of Afghan women,
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) head Roza Otunbayeva has criticised the violation of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, TOLO News reported.
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"Both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes," says UN rights chief
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Both Hamas and Israel have committed "war crimes" in the past month, the United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Turk said, CNN reported on Thursday.
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After Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, terrorism increased in Pakistan:
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"But unfortunately, after the establishment of the interim Afghan govt, there has been a 60 per cent increase in terror incidents and 500 pc rise in suicide attacks in Pakistan," added Pak caretaker PM.
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'Emerging power' India can play role in solving West Asia conflict: Jordan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas and days after India abstained from voting at the United Nations General Assembly on a Jordan-introduced resolution, the country's Ambassador to India Mohamed Salam Jameel A.F. El-Kayed, said that it respects New Delhi's decision and that
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World on track to produce 110 pc more fossil fuels by 2030 in breach of Pa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The fourth edition of 'The Production Gap Report' released on Wednesday has revealed that annual oil and gas production is projected to increase by 27 per cent and 25 per cent by 2030, and by 29 percent and 41 per cent by 2050, respectively.
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ICAI Receives the Prestigious UN Award for its Contribution to Sustainabil
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for its initiative Sustainability Reporting Standards Board (SRSB) has been awarded the ISAR Honours 2023 by the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) working group on International St
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"Enough is enough": UN calls for 'immediate humanitarian ceasefire' in Gaz
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The United Nations on Monday reiterated its demand for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza amid the war with Israel and said that keeping an entire population besieged, under attack and denied access to amenities is "unacceptable"
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Israel-Hamas war: Gaza fatalities surpass 10,000; Rafah border crossing re
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In a tragic development, over 10,000 Palestinians have lost their lives in Gaza since hostilities began on October 7, simultaneously, the Rafah border crossing reopens following an Israeli airstrike.
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88 United Nations staffers killed in Gaza, marks highest death toll in sin
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The United Nations on Monday stressed that 88 staffers have been killed in Gaza, marking the highest toll ever for UN fatalities recorded in a single conflict, The Times of Israel reported.
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