After India’s retaliation for Killing three Indian Soldiers, an alarmed Pakistan moves UN

Asks the world body to act before the situation along the LoC snowballs into a “full-fledged crisis.” Alarmed by the escalation of tension with India along the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan on Thursday asked the United Nations to act before the situation snowballed into a “full-fledged crisis.” This follows India’s strong retaliation a day … Read more

UN members favour UNSC permanent seat for India

India’s bid for a permanent seat in a reformed UN Security Council has received a strong support from many UN member states, including the UK and France, who emphasised that the world body’s top organ must reflect the emergence of new global powers. More than 50 speakers shared their suggestions, perspectives and concerns over reform … Read more

Russia forces believed to use thermite to bomb residential areas of Aleppo

Russia is breaching international conventions by dropping incendiaries similar to white phosphorus on to residential neighborhoods in the Syrian city of Aleppo in what is thought to be the prelude to a ground assault to retake the city from rebel forces, British national newspaper The Times reported. Video footage has emerged showing the glowing showers … Read more

Pakistan tells UN that India has ‘closed doors to bilateral dialogue’

Even as they again urged the UN to interfere in Kashmir, Pakistan’s special envoys on Kashmir reportedly told a top UN official yesterday that India has closed the doors to bilateral dialogue, Pakistani media reported. “India has closed all doors to bilateral dialogue , scuttled a regional summit+ and refused to implement United Nations Security Council … Read more