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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

Don’t let border tensions hamper trade: UN & World Bank economists to India, Pakistan

India's decision to withdraw the MFN status from Pakistan would boost informal trade, that is, smuggling & corruption, UN & World Bank experts said.

Pakistan’s decision to release IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman a welcome step, says UN

UN chief Antonio Guterres reiterated to India and Pakistan that they need to work towards de-escalating the current tensions.

On day 2 of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s ICJ hearing, Pakistan slams India’s ‘political theatre’

Khawar Qureshi, who is representing Pakistan at the ICJ hearing, said India has demonstrated a lack of faith throughout the proceedings.

India calls for combined effort to revitalise ‘global parliament’ UN General Assembly

India has highlighted specific areas that the UN member states should focus on while discussing the broad subject of revitalizing it.

India and Pakistan should engage in meaningful dialogue to resolve issues, says UN chief

The UN chief was responding to a question on his repeated urging of dialogue between the two South Asian neighbours.

This is how Islam is getting a Communist makeover in China

Reports from China suggest that the country will soon release a five-year 'outline' for the 'Sinicisation' of Islam.

Top UN official raps Twitter for censoring Kashmir-related content at Modi govt’s behest

UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye pointed out that the govt had made these demands since 2016, but Twitter had begun to accede to them only since July 2017

Pakistan PM Imran Khan raises Kashmir issue with UN

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric didn’t give details of Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s meeting with Secretary General Antonio Guterres but reiterated the UN’s earlier stand on the matter.

Lawyers welcome witness protection scheme, but rue cases it failed to help

The Supreme Court recently approved the witness protection scheme drawn by the home ministry and ordered its immediate implementation.

China to probe gene-editing case, and Ukraine imposes martial law after Russia clash

UAE pardons British scholar Matthew Hedges who was jailed for spying, and China United Nations report claims home most dangerous place for women.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.