Over 168 million children miss nearly a year of schooling: UNICEF
BrahMos missiles’ supply: India signs key pact with Philippines for sale of ‘defence equipment’
With India’s Covishield, global COVAX vaccine rollout begins in Africa
Historical moment: India’s first wave of vaccine shipments for COVAX Facility leave Pune
Myanmar Ambassador to UN denounces military coup, as envoy warns democratic processes have been ‘pushed aside’
Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are “a flagrant violation under international law”, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process spelled out to the Security Council on Wednesday.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is the closest one to Hamas for many reasons….and today Turkey has become an alternative to Egypt
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Over the last three months (August to October 2019), around one-third of the Afghan population required urgent humanitarian action, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Alert, released this week, which declares that some 10.23 million people are living in a state of “severe acute food insecurity”.
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Improving understanding of the nexus between terrorism, transnational organized crime and drug trafficking is essential, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday in his address to a high-level meeting involving the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a leading player in diplomacy in Eurasia.
China has invested an estimated $11 billion in Sri Lanka, around $8 billion in the form of loans
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Rajapaksa, who is seen as close to China, requested all countries to respect Sri Lanka’s sovereignty.
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The S-400 is the most advanced long-range air defense missile system, designed to destroy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, including medium-range missiles, as well as ground installations.
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“Let us take back new ideas, innovations and knowledge, & ensure that we implement these in our States”: Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
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Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday authorized an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity, namely deportation, which have forced between 600,000 and one million Rohingya refugees out of Myanmar, into neighboring Bangladesh since 2016.
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric, who intervenes in politics only at times of crisis, openly backed the protests in his Friday sermon and said he doubted the elites would deliver reform.
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