Tag: UN Security Council

Pakistan backs India for non-permanent UNSC seat

Fifty-five countries of the Asia-Pacific group, including Pakistan, have unanimously endorsed India’s candidature for a non-permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)...

Urgent UN Security Council meeting sought on Syria gas attack

Nine countries have demanded an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday after an alleged chemical attack on Syria's rebel-held town of Douma,...

416 dead in Ghouta airstrikes in Syria, UN considers ceasefire resolution

AMMAN: Warplanes pounded the last rebel enclave near Syria’s capital for a fifth day running on Thursday as the UN Security Council considered demanding...

North Korea says new missile can hit entire US

PYONGYANG: North Korea has said that it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can reach the whole of continental...

Kurd referendum unconstitutional, says Iraq top court

BAGHDAD: Iraq's Supreme Court on Monday declared that September's referendum on independence in the autonomous Kurdish areas in the north of the country was...

US calls for UN Security Council vote on N Korea on...

UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Friday told the UN Security Council that it intends to call a meeting on Monday to vote on...

North Korea says more missiles to come as UN condemns launch

WASHINGTON: A frustrated US President Donald Trump hit out at the slow pace of diplomacy Wednesday as nuclear-armed North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un threatened ever more...

Pakistan calls for closer political interaction to address security challenges

Pakistan representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi while speaking in a debate in the UN Security Council has called for bolstered cooperation between the United...