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Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, speaking at an emergency session of the UN Security Council on Monday, strongly condemned the US military aggression on Iranian soil, saying Tehran reserves the complete and lawful right to defend itself under international law. In a fiery speech, Amir Saeid Iravani said today marks yet another “shameful chapter in the political history …

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres branded the US strikes on Iran as a “dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security.” “There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of control – with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and the world,” Guterres said in …

The planet is therefore expected to remain at historic levels of warming after the two hottest years ever recorded in 2023 and 2024, according to an annual climate report published by the World Meteorological Organisation, the UN’s weather and climate agency. “We have just experienced the 10 warmest years on record,” said the WMO’s deputy secretary-general Ko Barrett. “Unfortunately, this …

India abstained from voting on IMF loan package for Pakistan NEW DELHI: India raised concerns during Friday’s International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board meeting regarding IMF’s financial assistance to Pakistan. While abstaining from voting, India said, “Pakistan has been a prolonged borrower from the IMF, with a very poor track record of implementation and of adherence to the IMF’s program conditions.“India …

The United Nations Security Council held closed consultations today under the agenda item “The India-Pakistan Question”. The meeting was held to discuss the deteriorating regional security environment, heightened tensions between India and Pakistan and the situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The meeting was convened at Pakistan’s request, in view of India’s recent unilateral measures and provocative …

Thousands of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip are facing an increased threat of starvation, the United Nations has warned, as Israel’s continued blockade of food, water and other critical supplies to the besieged and bombarded coastal territory enters its third month. The UN’s child rights agency (UNICEF) said on Friday that more than 9,000 children had been admitted for …

Amid mounting India-Pakistan tensions, Pakistani Ambassador to the United Nations,Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday and discussed the latest developments in the region. “The discussion focused on the evolving security situation in South Asia as well as the imperative of de-escalation and the efforts being made to that effect,” a press release issued by the Pakistan …

President Trump has ordered the U.S. government to take a major step toward mining vast tracts of the ocean floor, a move that nearly every other nation in the world considers off limits to this kind of industrial activity. The executive order, signed Thursday, would circumvent a decades-old international treaty that every major coastal nation except the United States has …

The United Nations has stressed that aid operations must remain impartial and independent following reports suggesting that aid distribution in Gaza might involve the Israeli military or American companies. A UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, reiterated the organisation’s commitment to humanitarian principles. “I can’t speak to the veracity of what was reported. What I can tell you is, whether it’s in …

The United Nations says Palestinian women and children were the only fatalities in at least three dozen Israeli air strikes on Gaza since mid-March, as it warned that Israel’s military offensive threatens Palestinians’ “continued existence as a group”. Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Friday that the office had documented 224 Israeli strikes …