At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Alejandra Martinez Otero, the Human Rights Officer of the Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), in her oral intervention, has raised alarm about Pakistan's blasphemy laws, warning that these provisions are being increasing
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the UN-EU Human Rights Officer, Charlotte Zehrer from Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), in her oral intervention, has drawn international attention to the precarious conditions faced by ethnic and religious minorities
The Israeli Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has rolled out a public diplomacy campaign in New York, featuring dozens of massive billboards and mobile trucks emblazoned with the message "Remember October 7", strategically placed around the United Nations headquarters and the bustling Times S
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday (local time) joined his counterparts from Japan, Germany and Brazil at the G4 Foreign Ministers' Meeting on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80), where the group reiterated its strong commitment to reforming
The United States is deepening ties with Pakistan primarily to secure closer military access, which positions American assets nearer to its adversaries, such as China and Iran, according to Associate Professor Paul Poast in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
Speaking to ANI, Associate Professor Paul Poast of the University of Chicago said, "US President Donald Trump loves tariffs. Going back to his first term, he labelled himself a tariff man. Going into this term, throughout the campaign, he kept bringing up tariffs as a policy that he was g
United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, Shombi Sharp, praised India's rising influence on the global stage, commending its pivotal role in geopolitics, development, and peacekeeping.
"A persistent threat to development is that perennial disruptor of peace - terrorism. It is imperative that the world display neither tolerance nor accommodation to terrorist activities. Given the extensive networking amongst terrorists, those who act against them on any front actually rende
At the UNGA, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned Hamas's October 7 attacks, reaffirmed Gaza as part of Palestine, rejected armed governance, and urged an immediate Gaza ceasefire, humanitarian aid, prisoner exchanges, Israeli withdrawal, reconstruction, and international support
Turning to the situation in the West Bank, Abbas said, "The extremist Israeli government continues to implement its settlement disease through illegal settlement expansion and developing projects for annexing settlements."
The meeting was focused on recent developments in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific region. Both ministers also reviewed the growing strength of India-Italy bilateral ties.
Addressing the 60th session of the UNHRC, Dr Sharma condemned terrorism as a fundamental assault on human dignity and international peace. He invoked the April 22, 2025, attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Baisaran Valley of Pahalgam, where 26 innocent civilians, including women and children, w