RAWALPINDI: Army Chief General Qamar Jawed Bajwa on Monday assured Pakistan will continue to play an effective role for United Nations’ (UN) peacekeeping operations. The army chief made the comments during a meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix at the General ...

BEIJING: China said Tuesday it backs the Myanmar government´s efforts to "uphold peace and stability" in Rakhine state, where a military crackdown has sent more than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing for Bangladesh.Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made the comments as the United Nations ...

The UN-sponsored Syrian peace talks concluded in Geneva with an agreement from the conflicting parties to pursue further talks on a political transition to end the crisis. Speaking to reporters UN diplomat Staffan De Mistura called the round of talks substantive and said the parties had agreed to ...