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West, Look Within Before Looking East

In the past few days, substantial digital and print column space has been dedicated to India's stand on the Ukraine…

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UN Body Mulls A Binding Global Treaty To Curb Plastic Pollution

Delegates from United Nations member countries are considering proposals for a binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The UN…

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75% People Want Single-Use Plastics Banned: Survey

Three in four people worldwide want single-use plastics to be banned as soon as possible, according to a poll released…

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UN To Finalise Report On How Warming Hits Home Hard

Scientists and governments have met to finalise a major UN report on how global warming disrupts people’s lives, their natural…

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Pollution Causing More Deaths Than Covid-19: UN Expert

Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday…

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UN Meet Sets Sights On Global Plastics Treaty

At a key UN summit in Nairobi this month, governments will discuss the path towards the first global treaty to…

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UN Still To Agree On Terrorism Definition And Policy: India

UN member states have failed themselves by continuing to procrastinate on concluding a comprehensive convention against international terrorism, India has…

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UN Chief: World Worse Now Due To COVID-19, Climate, Conflict

As he starts his second term as U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres has said the world is worse off in many…

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UN Concerned About Efforts To Exclude Afghan Women From Public

UN human rights experts have voiced grave concern over attempts by the Taliban in Afghanistan to steadily erase women and…

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UN Chief Warns Millions Of Afghans Are On The ‘Verge Of Death’

The United Nations chief warned on Thursday that millions of Afghans are on the “verge of death," urging the international…

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Myanmar: UN Official Seeks Probe Into Killing Of 35 Civilians

A senior UN official called on Myanmar authorities to investigate the reported killing of at least 35 civilians that opposition…

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Uyghurs To Take Rights Case To Court Around Start Of Winter Olympics

China's treatment of its Uyghur minority could come before the courts in Argentina at about the same time that the…

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UN Projects Soaring World Humanitarian Needs In 2022

The United Nations is predicting that a record 274 million people, who together would amount to the world's fourth most-populous…

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Prevent Mass Starving In Af, UN Aid Chief Urges G20

The UN humanitarian chief had a dire message for leaders of the world's 20 largest economies meeting this weekend: Worry…

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COP26: What’s At Stake For India & South Asia

South Asia is home to nearly a quarter of the world’s population, and to some of the countries most vulnerable…

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Pak Is ‘Arsonist’ Disguised As ‘Fire-Fighter’: India At UNGA

Pakistan, where terrorists enjoy free pass, is an "arsonist" disguising itself as a "fire-fighter", and the entire world has suffered…

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Racism, Climate, Divisions Top UN Agenda As Leaders Meet

Racism, the climate crisis and the world's worsening divisions took center stage at the United Nations on Wednesday, a day…

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Taliban Ask For Participation At UNGA

The Taliban have written to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres nominating their spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's new ambassador to the UN…

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China Will Never Seek Hegemony: Xi Jinping

Amidst escalating tension in ties with the US, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that disputes among countries "need…

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India Says It Will Stand By Afghan People As It Did In Past

With a grave humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan, India on Monday said it is willing to stand by Afghans and…

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Kerry Says China Crucial To Handling Climate Crisis

China needs to expand its efforts to reduce carbon emissions to help hold back the rise in global temperatures, US…

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Taliban Kill Folk Singer After Having Tea With Him

The family members of a folk singer north of Kabul say the Taliban killed him. The shooting of Fawad Andarabi…

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Haiti Quake Survivors Cry For Food, Shelter As Toll Nears 2,000

Survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 1,941 people in Haiti clamored for food, shelter and medical care on…

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UN Human Rights Council To Hold Special Session On Af

The United Nations Human Rights Council announced on Tuesday it will hold a special session on Afghanistan on August 24…

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‘Code Red For Humanity’: UN Report On Global Warming

Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that…

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