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UNSC panel sounds alarm—al-Qaeda arm behind Red Fort blast evolving into ‘regional terror entity’

UNSC’s 1267 Committee said in its report that al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has ‘established logistics and financial networks, working in decentralised small, scattered cells instead of large units’.

India has met every bar for permanent UN membership except the one that matters — consent

If UNSC cannot act on the gravest crises of the day because a single permanent member shields itself or an ally, it forfeits its claim to be the guardian of international peace.

Jaishankar announces fresh aid to Palestine as India launches UNSC bid

India also attended a Palestine Donor Group meeting in Brussels which unveiled a EUR 900 million aid package for the Palestine Authority.

We live in a strange democracy where the world is led by undemocratic UNSC: former Lesotho PM

The 26th International Conference of the Chief Justices of the World brought together chief justices from around the world, along with senior judges and delegates representing 52 countries.

Taliban foreign minister Muttaqi to visit India next week after UN grants him travel ban waiver

Pakistan, as chair of the UNSC Committee overseeing the sanctions, had blocked India’s earlier request for a travel ban waiver for Muttaqi to visit the country in September.

In a first, UNSC panel report mentions Lashkar front TRF, links it to Pahalgam attack

India has been providing inputs on The Resistance Front to the UNSC monitoring team since 2023. Islamabad has lobbied hard to block its mention in UN documents.

Iran allies China, Russia, Pakistan draft UN resolution seeking immediate ceasefire in Middle East

New Delhi: Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Iran’s global allies Russia, China, and Pakistan Sunday circulated a joint draft resolution calling for...

UNSC condemns M23 advance in Congo, expresses concern about threat posed to Goma

These advances, said UNSC, represent a serious violation of the cease-fire, exacerbating the already dire humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

‘UN-LAS cooperation important to solve regional conflicts,’ UK says at UNSC

UK Deputy Permanent Representative to UN reiterated the country's support to this cooperation.

UK condemns deteriorating healthcare in Gaza

UK's Ambassador to the UN Barbara Woodward called it 'completely unacceptable' noting that over 1,000 medical personnel have been killed, injured, or detained since 7 October.

On Camera

VN Sharma wasn’t just the former Army Chief of Staff. He was an institution

A champion of cross-border diplomacy, the former Army Chief brought together Indian and Pakistani military leaders to celebrate their shared alma mater.

Indian govt bets on battery storage boom to help abate mounting solar power losses

India’s transmission system failed to absorb more than 8 billion kilowatt-hours of power in April to June, when 63 billion actually reached the system.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman