NEW DELHI: In a major b0ost to India’s efforts to secure a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), President Emmanuel Macron of France on Thursday that he was fully in support of expanding the body to make it more inclusive and representative of the changing world order.Addressing the UN General Assembly, Macron…
Israel has asked its troops to prepare for a “possible entry” into Lebanon to “continue degrading Hezbollah,” after the Iran-backed organisation targeted Tel Aviv for the first time.However, a Pentagon spokesperson said an that an Israeli ground incursion did not appear “imminent.”Meanwhile, Lebanon’s prime minister Najib Mikati told the UN Security Council that Israel was…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has warned the UN Security Council of a serious threat of terrorism from Afghanistan and has emphasised that militant outfits with the potential to cause regional and global destabilisation were fast emerging.Pakistan ambassador to the UN Munir Akram urged the global community to seriously consider the terrorist threat emanating from the Taliban-ruled country.At…
NEW DELHI: India on Monday sharply reacted to Iran‘s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei‘s post on X, in which he wrote, “The enemies of Islam have always tried to make us indifferent with regard to our shared identity as an Islamic Ummah. We cannot consider ourselves to be Muslims if we are oblivious to the…
The 79th session of the UN General Assembly began in New York with Palestine taking its seat in the General Assembly Hall next to the UN member states. Although Palestine is not a full member of the 193-member UN body, the Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the UN, Riyad Mansour, was seen seated at a table…
NEW DELHI: A rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake briefly interrupted a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Friday.The diplomats were discussing the situation in Gaza when the tremors rattled the chamber. Janti Soeripto, President and Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children US, was highlighting the hardships faced by women and children…
