The Taliban link Friday welcomed a UN link Council resolution formally extending the world body's presence link in Afghanistan link, although the government of the hardline Islamist group remains unrecognised by the international community. Thursday's resolution -- which avoids using the word ...

UNITED NATIONS: Russia on Wednesday blocked a UN draft resolution on Libya seeking an inclusion of the word "mercenary" in the text, diplomats said. "There are a few sections in the resolution that are of concern," Russian ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia told reporters following a ...

MOSCOW - Russia and China vetoed on Friday a UN Security Council resolution for a cease-fire in northwest Syria’s Idlib province. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described the document as “an attempt to take the heat off the ...

UNITED NATIONS:Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to implement its resolutions on Kashmir. This was stated by Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi while speaking at a debate on the 'Working Methods of the Security Council in New York. She stressed the need for ...

New Delhi (Sputnik) — Indian defense scientists have successfully conducted a pre-induction test of the country's longest-range nuke-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Agni-V, from the Abdul Kalam defense base on the eastern coast of Odisha. The test was conducted at 9.53 am (Indian ...

Pakistan will co-sponsor a resolution at the United Nations, calling for withdrawal of US decision to recognize occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.This was stated by Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, at a meeting of the OIC Ambassadorial Group at the world body, ...

UNITED NATIONS: Russia on Thursday cast its veto at the UN Security Council to block the extension of a UN-led investigation to determine who is behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria.It was the tenth time that Russia has used its veto power to stop council action that targeted its ally ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said it was high time for "India to read the writing on the wall and implement the pending UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir" for amicable resolution of the long-standing dispute.October 27: Black Day against ...