Pakistan secures membership of three key UN bodies: Foreign Office
Islamabad: Pakistan has secured the membership of three key UN bodies in the elections held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the Foreign Office said here on Wednesday. In a statement, the Foreign Office said that Pakistan secured the membership of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), the Commission on […]
US-backed Afghan peace meeting postponed, as Taliban balk
Kabul:Turkey announced early Wednesday that a conference Washington had hoped would move Afghanistan”s warring sides to a final peace agreement was postponed, as fresh violence rattled the Afghan capital. The postponement of the conference, which was to have begun Saturday in Istanbul, underscored the difficulties the Biden administration is facing in orchestrating an orderly exit […]
Biden admin will put climate crisis at centre of its foreign policy and national security: Blinken
Annapolis: The Biden administration will put the climate crisis at the centre of its foreign policy and national security, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said here, asserting that American diplomats will challenge the practices of countries whose action or inaction is setting the world back. In a major foreign policy speech at the picturesque […]
France urges rebuke for Syria over chemical weapons use
The Hague: A group of 46 nations called Tuesday on member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog to diplomatically rebuke Syria for using toxic gas and nerve agents in the country’s decade-long civil war. French Ambassador Luis Vassy proposed stripping Syria of its voting rights at the annual meeting of members of the Organisation […]
US continues to have dialogue with Pakistan on terrorism along Afghanistan border: Pentagon
Washington: The United States continues to have a dialogue with Pakistan on issues related to terrorism along the border with Afghanistan, the Pentagon has said. “We continue to have a dialogue with Pakistan about terrorist issues along that border with Afghanistan. I think it’s helpful to remind that they too have suffered from terrorist attacks […]
More sequencing needed to determine spread of ‘double mutant’ coronavirus, say scientists
New Delhi: A global mutation tracker on Friday suggested the ‘double mutant’ coronavirus, first identified in Maharashtra, has a cumulative prevalence of 10 per cent in India, a finding that some scientists here said is based on insufficient data and needs more research. Genome sequencing with representative samples from all states seeing a COVID-19 surge […]
UNSC sanctions regimes must be strengthened to list those involved in sexual violence against women in armed conflicts: India
United Nations: India has called for strengthening the sanctions regimes of the UN Security Council to ensure blacklisting of individuals and entities involved in sexual violence against women in armed conflicts which it said is used as a weapon to subjugate the people. Speaking at the Security Council open debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict […]
‘Terrorist forces’ may take advantage of US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan: China
Beijing: China on Thursday expressed concern over America’s decision to withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by September, saying Washington should accommodate legitimate security concerns of the regional countries to prevent “terrorist forces” from taking advantage of the chaos in the war-torn country. Beijing also slammed Washington for linking the withdrawal of the US troops […]
France urges its nationals in Pak to leave country after violent protests by radical religious group
Islamabad: The French embassy here on Thursday advised all French nationals in Pakistan to temporarily leave the country after violent protests by a radical religious group that has now been banned by the government. The Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) took to streets on Monday to launch violent protests to force the government to expel the French […]
Pentagon defends US Navy ship asserting navigational rights inside India’s EEZ without permission
Washington: The Pentagon has defended its Navy asserting its navigational rights within India’s exclusive economic zone without taking New Delhi’s permission, calling the move “consistent with international law”. In an unusual move, the US Navy announced that on Wednesday it conducted a freedom of navigation operation in Indian waters without prior consent to challenge India’s […]
