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Non-representative UNSC not equipped to handle current challenges: India

December 21, 2017 6:45 AM

Non-representative UNSC not equipped to handle current challenges: India

India has said that a non-representative UN Security Council is simply not equipped to handle the current challenges of the world.<br/><br/>Addressing a special meeting of the UN Security Council, New Delhi said, the reasons for the lack of success of international structures designed se...

Ugandan lawmakers vote to remove presidential age limits

December 21, 2017 6:45 AM

Ugandan lawmakers vote to remove presidential age limits

Ugandan lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to remove presidential age limits, paving the way for President Yoweri Museveni to serve a sixth term in office. <br/><br/>The highly controversial bill passed with 315 votes for, 62 against and two abstentions, after three days of chaotic deba...

Trump speaks to UK's PM after row over Tweets

December 20, 2017 5:21 PM

Trump speaks to UK's PM after row over Tweets

US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May have spoken for the first time since a row over his retweets of an extremist group and discussed a future trade deal post-Brexit and next steps in forging peace in West Asia. <br/><br/>Officials said the phone call between ...

10 bodies exhumed from mass grave in Myanmar: Army

December 20, 2017 4:02 PM

10 bodies exhumed from mass grave in Myanmar: Army

Myanmar's Army today said, it found 10 bodies in a mass grave in a largely Rohingya village in Rakhine state. <br/><br/>The army said, it had exhumed 10 bodies in a grave discovered earlier in the week in Inn Dinn. <br/><br/>A statement published on the Army chief's...

Will resign if Army found involved in Faizabad protests: Pak Army Chief

December 20, 2017 12:52 PM

Will resign if Army found involved in Faizabad protests: Pak Army Chief

Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Bajwa has said that he will resign if the military was found involved in the recent widespread protests by hardline religious groups which paralysed the capital Islamabad for weeks. <br/><br/>About two thousand activists of the Tehreek-i-Labaik and its a...

US strongly condemns ballistic missile attack over Riyadh

December 20, 2017 12:43 PM

US strongly condemns ballistic missile attack over Riyadh

The US has strongly condemned a ballistic missile attack over Riyadh which Saudi Arabia claimed was launched from Yemen by Iran-backed Huthi rebels. <br/><br/>State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said, the US remains deeply disturbed by the aggressive Houthi actions supported by ...

US expresses concern about Hafiz Saeed running for office in Pakistan

December 20, 2017 12:42 PM

US expresses concern about Hafiz Saeed running for office in Pakistan

The United States has expressed concerns about Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed running for office in Pakistan next year. The Jamaat-ud-Dawah Chief had earlier said, his organisation will contest the general elections under the banner of the Milli Muslim League, which is yet to be regist...

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