UN panel seeks report from Myanmar on rapes, deaths of Rohingya women
A United Nations women`s rights panel called on Myanmar on Tuesday to provide "an exceptional report" within six months on rapes and sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls.
Nov 28, 2017, 16:29 PM ISTCelebrities sign petition to let Julian Assange free
Assange is wanted on a European arrest warrant for questioning in Sweden over a rape allegation.
Mar 02, 2016, 00:26 AM ISTUN sanctions on North Korea failing, 10 years on: UN experts
A raft of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea over the past decade has failed to prevent Pyongyang from scaling up its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, a UN panel of experts has concluded.
Feb 09, 2016, 03:45 AM ISTWikiLeaks' Assange calls on Sweden, Britain to allow him freedom
Assange, a computer hacker, had enraged the United States by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables.
Feb 05, 2016, 23:27 PM IST