Former Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Esala Weerakoon to be next SAARC Secretary General
Former Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Mr. Esala Weerakoon will be taking over as the next
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What is happening in Iraq?
Two years after the defeat of Islamic State much of the country’s nearly 40 million population live in worsening conditions despite the country’s oil wealth.
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Saudis express understanding of India’s stand on Jammu & Kashmir
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Modi meets Rouhani
By IAR Desk Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the President of Islamic Republic of
Migrant figures soaring, new UN stats show
The growing number of international migrants has now reached 272 million, outpacing the growth rate of the world’s population, according to new data from the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), released on Tuesday.
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Yemen rebels reported to announce halt to attacks on Saudi Arabia
Head of the Huthis’ supreme political council says he hopes gesture will be answered by a stronger gesture from Saudis, reported Arabian Business
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Ankara tripartite summit on Syria offers nothing new
While the summit delivered nothing new, the reality has changed irreversibly in favor of the Syrian state.
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UN launches new plan to ‘counter hate and violence’
Amidst a global call by Secretary-General António Guterres to “reaffirm the sanctity” of religious sites and keep worshippers safe, the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) on Thursday launched a new plan of action to “counter hate and violence around the globe”.
Conditions in Syria’s Al Hol camp “appalling”: UN
As the people of north-west Syria face intensifying violence, tens of thousands of women and children continue to be kept in “inhumane conditions” in a remote camp on the other side of the country, UN-appointed independent investigators said on Wednesday.
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Human Rights Council opens in Geneva with warnings of climate crisis
The Human Rights Council opened in Geneva on Monday with a warning from the UN’s top rights official that, with forest fires raging in the Amazon, “we are burning up our future, literally”.