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UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN expresses concern over ‘dramatic turn’ in Libya crisis

9:30 pm August 29, 2020

Cairo: The United Nations on Saturday voiced alarm over what it called a dramatic turn of events in Libya’s civil war, after a power struggle between leaders of the Tripoli-based government surfaced in the wake of anti-corruption protests. Libya is witnessing a dramatic turn of events that underlines the urgent need to return to a […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

India slams Pak for falsely claiming it made statement at UN Security Council meet

11:12 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: India Thursday hit out at Pakistan for falsely claiming that it made a statement at a recent UN Security Council meeting on terrorism, and asserted UN body’s chair Indonesia had informally told New Delhi that non-member were not allowed to speak at the discussion. India has also formally written to the United Nations about Pakistan’s false claim. It has exposed Pakistan’s litany of lies peddled at the UN after Islamabad’s UN envoy claimed […]

Nikki Haley and top Republican leaders call for US boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in China

Indian-American Nikki Haley among star speakers on first day of Republican convention

11:52 pm August 23, 2020

Washington: Popular Indian-American Republican politician and the former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, will be among the star speakers on the first day of the Republican National Convention beginning on Monday, according to a list released by the Trump campaign on Sunday. The four-day RNC will formally nominate 77-year-old incumbent President Donald Trump as the party’s candidate for […]

Pompeo inks deal for US troop move from Germany to Poland

8:31 pm August 15, 2020

Warsaw: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday sealed a defence cooperation deal with Polish officials that will pave the way for the redeployment of American troops from Germany to Poland. In Warsaw at the end of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe, Pompeo and Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak signed an Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement that sets out the legal framework for the additional […]

6 Gulf Arab countries back extending UN arms embargo on Iran

10:18 pm August 9, 2020

Dubai: A six-nation bloc of Gulf Arab nations torn apart by internal strife endorsed on Sunday an extension of a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, just two months before it is set to expire. The Gulf Cooperation Council said it sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council backing an extension of an arms […]