Bangladesh PM seeks help for Rohingya crisis as exodus tops 400,000
The authorities have sent police reinforcements to Cox`s Bazar to protect Buddhist temples in case of a radical Muslim backlash.
Sep 16, 2017, 16:30 PM IST
Pakistan summons Indian envoy JP Singh over ceasefire violations
Pakistan`s Foreign Office said in a statement that it condemned the "unprovoked ceasefire violations" by the Indian Army in Dewara and Kakran villages along the LoC on Wednesday that also left three others injured.
Sep 14, 2017, 16:51 PM IST
All the president's women: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte fiercest critics and a surly political heir
Then Jocellyn ran through a list of Duterte`s female critics that included his vice president, a prominent senator who is now in jail and the head of the Philippines Supreme Court.
Sep 14, 2017, 15:38 PM IST
UN trying to improve 'terrible' migrant detention conditions in Libya
Until recently, Libya had been a major launching off point for migrants, most of them from African countries, trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
Sep 14, 2017, 13:43 PM IST
UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for political solution to Korean crisis
"The solution can only be political. Military action could cause devastation on a scale that would take generations to overcome," Guterres told reporters at a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York.
Sep 14, 2017, 09:03 AM IST
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to address nation next week on Rohingya crisis
In a press conference government spokesman Zaw Htay said Suu Kyi will "speak for national reconciliation and peace" in a televised address on September 19.
Sep 13, 2017, 18:55 PM IST
ICJ to resume hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case
The judicial body of the United Nations had earlier fixed time limits for the filing of the initial pleadings in the case.
Sep 13, 2017, 18:43 PM IST
Mayawati wants Centre to take sympathetic view of Rohingyas
The government, she said, should also hold talks with governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh to resolve the problems of Rohingya Muslims.
Sep 13, 2017, 17:06 PM IST
Aung San Suu Kyi cancels trip to UN amid growing Rohingya crisis
More than 370,000 minority Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence since August 25, according to the United Nations, an average of almost 20,000 a day.
Sep 13, 2017, 16:57 PM IST
UN seeks 'massive' aid boost amid Rohingya 'emergency within an emergency'
Many of the new arrivals are hungry and sick, without shelter or clean water in the middle of the rainy season.
Sep 13, 2017, 15:37 PM IST
Global split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdown
International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for a military crackdown that has been criticised by the US, slammed as "ethnic cleansing" and forced 370,000 Rohingya to flee the violence.
Sep 12, 2017, 18:49 PM IST
3.5 million refugee children don`t attend school: UN
More than half the world`s refugee children -- some 3.5 million altogether -- do not attend school, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, urging greater and steadier funding for their education.
Why UN can't force India on Rohingya issue: 10 Facts
Whether the Rohingyas are registered under UNHRC or not, they are illegal immigrants in India: MoS, Ministry of Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju.
Sep 11, 2017, 20:46 PM IST
UN human rights chief deplores India's move to deport Rohingyas
UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein on Monday flayed any attempts by India to deport Rohingyas to Myanmar when the ethnic minority community is facing violence in their country.
Sep 11, 2017, 19:15 PM IST
Rohingya seemingly face 'ethnic cleansing': UN rights chief
Syria and Iraq, two countries that have been longtime staples of concern from UN human rights chiefs, received only passing mention in his address - a testament to the broad concerns about today's world.
Sep 11, 2017, 17:16 PM IST
UN to vote on new North Korea sanctions on Monday afternoon: Diplomats
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on Monday afternoon on a watered-down U.S.-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea over its latest nuclear test, diplomats said, but it was unclear whether China and Russia would support it.
Sep 11, 2017, 11:10 AM IST
Kim Jong-Un calls North Korean n-test 'great victory'
On September 3, the North Korean army claimed it had successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb that was capable of being mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Sep 10, 2017, 17:33 PM IST
US calls for UNSC meet over North Korea draft resolution
The US has called for a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting to vote on a draft resolution to impose additional sanctions on North Korea.
Sep 09, 2017, 13:08 PM IST
250,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh: UN
In the last two weeks alone 164,000 mostly Rohingya civilians have fled to Bangladesh, overwhelming refugee camps that were already bursting at the seams and triggering warnings of a humanitarian crisis.
Sep 07, 2017, 19:33 PM IST
UN human rights experts urge China to free prominent lawyer
The experts say Jiang Tianyong's so-called confession on August 22 amounts to "a worrying sign of China's disregard for due process and the rule of law."
Sep 06, 2017, 15:47 PM IST
