U.S. Hits Iran With Fresh Sanctions as Trump Term Nears End
Trump’s term ends on Jan. 20, when Democrat President-elect Joe Biden is to be sworn in to succeed
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Pompeo praises EAM Jaishankar for advancing US-India ties
The US-India relationship was made all the stronger with a great diplomat and leader as my friend, the outgoing US Secretary of State tweeted
Indian tricolour to be installed at UN Security Council stakeout as country begins 2-yr tenure
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador T S Tirumurti will install the tricolour and is expected to make brief remarks at the ceremony.
Moscow metro gets its first female drivers
By AFP The Moscow metro said Sunday it had hired female drivers for the first
General Assembly approves $3.2 billion UN budget for 2021
United Nations Member States, on Thursday, approved $3.231 billion to fund the global Organization’s regular budget for 2021.
US blocks $63 million in funds of global terrorist groups in 2019: Report
The US continues to block $580,811 in funds of the Sri Lanka-based Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which has remained the same for two years — 2018 and 2019.
Iraq: Trump pardons for Baghdad Blackwater guards ‘contributes to impunity’ says UN rights office
The UN human rights office OHCHR, has voiced deep concern over the decision by United States President Donald Trump to grant pardons to four security guards who were tried and convicted for the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, in 2007.
PM Modi conferred highest US ‘Legion of Merit’ award
“The award is in recognition of the Prime Minister’s steadfast leadership and vision for India’s emergence as a global power, and exemplary contribution made by him for the advancement of the India-United States strategic partnership”
How China tried to influence the narrative on Coronavirus pandemic
Chinese censorship on information about outbreak began in early January, before decisive identification
China undermining human rights by locking up rights lawyers, UN independent expert says
China has mounted a “shocking” five-year assault on lawyers who stand up for human rights, putting them in prison and even torturing them, an expert mandated by the UN Human Rights Council said in a statement on Wednesday.