Tag: UN Security Council
Cyprus: Turkey says UN lost neutrality after world body condemns Cyprus roadwork, assault on peacekeepers
ANKARA: Turkey’s foreign minister accused the United Nations of abandoning its neutrality on Tuesday, a day after the UN Security Council criticized construction work by…
US to world: Must tell Russia to stop using grain for blackmail
UNITED NATION: US secretary of state Antony Blinken challenged all countries on Thursday to tell Russia to stop using the Black Sea and Ukraine’s grain…
Haqqani seeking control of Afghanistan section of TAPI pipeline, says UN report
UNITED NATIONS: Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani is reportedly seeking to take under his control the most promising economic projects, primarily the construction of…
UNSC report suggesting rifts within our ranks baseless: Taliban
ISLAMABAD: The Taliban condemned on Sunday a “baseless and biased” report from the UN Security Council highlighting rifts within the group’s ranks.A report, issued in…
Will not waste Council’s time in responding to such mischievous remarks: Indian ambassador Kamboj after Pakistan raises Kashmir issue at UN
UNITED NATIONS: India tore into Pakistan after it raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a Security Council meeting here, prompting India’s permanent ambassador…
Un Peacekeepers Launch Probe Into Rocket Fire: UN peacekeepers launch probe into rocket fire, air strikes in Lebanon
BEIRUT: The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has opened an investigation into the rocket launches and air strikes that took place in the southern…
Taliban: UN: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable
ISLAMABAD: The UN said Wednesday it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled”…
Bilawal Bhutto: Pakistan FM Bilawal Bhutto calls India ‘friend’, stutters and corrects it to ‘neighbouring country’
NEW YORK: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto referred to India as a “friend” for a brief moment and immediately rephrased his remarks and called India…
UN says Myanmar junta elections will fuel violence
BANGKOK: Junta plans for elections in coup-hit Myanmar this year will “fuel greater violence”, a United Nations special envoy said on Tuesday, calling for the…