UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has joined the international community in condemning the terrorist attack in Hyderabad that killed more than a dozen people and injuring scores of others. ...
07:58 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Syrians in "leadership positions" who may be responsible for war crimes have been identified, along with units accused of perpetrating them, United Nations investigators said on Monday. Both government forces and armed rebels are committing war crimes, including killings and torture, spreading terror among civilians in a nearly two-year-old conflict, they said. ...
06:45 PM, Feb 18, 2013
France, a key player in the P5 1 talks with Iran on its contentious nuclear programme, today asked India to "convince" its "close friend" Tehran to enter into serious negotiations and respect international obligations with regard to nuclear non-proliferation. ...
04:08 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Sri Lanka is failing to investigate alleged atrocities committed by government forces in defeating a Tamil insurgency and activists and opposition politicians are still being killed or abducted, the United Nations said on February 13. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, called on authorities to allow international experts in criminal and forensic investigations to help resolve outstanding wartime crimes and end impunity. ...
10:30 AM, Feb 15, 2013
The death toll in Syria is likely approaching 70,000 - up almost 10,000 from the start of the year, and civilians are paying the price for the UN Security Council's lack of action to end the conflict, the UN human rights chief said on February 12. Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, repeated her call for the 15-member council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court...
10:55 AM, Feb 13, 2013
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on North Korea's apparent nuclear test at 9 am EST (1400 GMT) on February 12, council diplomats said. One Western diplomat said he hoped the council would approve an initial statement condemning the nuclear test on February 12 and begin work on a more comprehensive council reaction. ...
11:58 AM, Feb 12, 2013
More than 100 people have been killed in South Sudan in an attack by rebels and ethnic allies on a convoy of families from a rival tribe and their cattle, an official said on February 10. ...
10:58 AM, Feb 11, 2013
Seeking to internationalise tensions along the Line of Control, Pakistan has called for an investigation into the recent incidents there by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. "We would also welcome an OIC fact-finding mission to investigate the recent incidents of ceasefire violations along the LoC," Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said while addressing a meeting of the OIC contact group on Kashmir in Cairo on February 6. ...
04:43 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Denouncing "unrelenting horrors" in Syria's war, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed on Wednesday for an end to the violence and more aid to address a situation he said was catastrophic and worsening by the day. "How many more people will be killed if the current situation continues?" Ban said, addressing a donors conference in Kuwait aimed at raising money for UN humanitarian work. ...
05:50 PM, Jan 30, 2013
The United Nations is receiving only limited support for its aid to millions of Syrians, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in published remarks, adding its humanitarian work needed "generous" help from a donor pledging conference on January 30. ...
01:36 PM, Jan 30, 2013
The H.265 format, or codec, would require just half the amount of data needed by its predecessor, H.264. ...
06:34 AM, Jan 28, 2013
North Korea said on January 24 it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its "enemy". The announcement by the country's top military body came a day after the United Nations Security Council agreed a US-backed resolution to censure and sanction the country for a rocket launch in December that breached...
11:11 AM, Jan 24, 2013
As India and Pakistan clashed in the Security Council over relevance of the UN observer group at the LoC, a spokesperson for UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the force can be terminated only by a decision of the 15-nation body. ...
12:29 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Amidst repeated attempts by Pakistan to internationalise recent tension at the Line of Control, India on Tuesday made it clear that the issue has to be dealt with bilaterally and there was no scope of any third party involvement. ...
05:56 PM, Jan 22, 2013
India on Monday suggested to the United Nations to wind up its mission on Kashmir. Participating in a debate on the UN's peacekeeping operations, India said that the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) had outlived its utility and the UN could better utilise it elsewhere. ...
08:58 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Even as the Line of Control remains tense, the war of words between India and Pakistan has intensified. India has raised Pakistan's continuing support to terror groups at the United Nations, seeking international action against state sponsors of terror. India named Pakistan terror groups Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa as major security threats to South East Asian countries. ...
11:15 AM, Jan 16, 2013
India highlighted terrorism as a security threat at the UN security council. India's representative to the UN Hardeep Puri said, "The international community cannot afford selective approaches in dealing with terrorist groups or in dismantling the infrastructure of terrorism. Resort to the use of terrorism as an instrument of State Policy is short-sighted. Those who have taken recourse to it have invariably themselves suffered immensely from it." ...
09:39 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Pakistan has been "one of the biggest victims of terrorism", Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Tuesday, noting a "uni-dimensional" approach to defeat the "hydra-headed monster" will not be sufficient. ...
10:36 PM, Jan 15, 2013
UN Women chief Michelle Bachelet has demanded punishment for culprits of the horrific gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in the national capital, saying a strong message must be sent that violence against women will not be accepted. Bachelet, the UN under-secretary-general and executive director of the UN Women, said the strong message would discourage such crimes against women. ...
03:49 PM, Jan 12, 2013
The Pakistani attack on an Indian Army area domination patrol in Poonch could have been planned over a month if not more, say Indian Army sources. ...
02:32 PM, Jan 10, 2013
