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Amid tensions, Pakistan asks Afghanistan to cooperate in the fight against terror
Amid ongoing border tensions, Pakistan has underlined that a close cooperation and meaningful engagement between Pakistan and Afghanistan in areas of security, counter-terrorism and border management is necessary to preventing cross-border movement of terrorist groups and...April 3, 2017 1171 0 -
Pakistan outlines five-track strategy for Afghan stability
Emphasizing that peace in Afghanistan is an “absolute imperative” for Pakistan, Islamabad’s ambassador to the United States has listed five areas of cooperative progress towards the goal for stability in the landlocked western neighboring country. Ambassador...March 29, 2017 1180 0 -
UN : Possessing nuclear weapons ‘fundamentally incompatible’ with aspirations for peace
An atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, on 1 November 1952. Photo: US Government via United Nations The United Nations is urging the community of nations to help create a...March 27, 2017 1057 0 -
Pakistan starts fencing its border with Afghanistan
Pakistan has started erecting a fence along its border with Afghanistan, a decision it says has been prompted by a spate of bombings last month which were traced back to militants hiding inside the Afghan territory....March 26, 2017 2149 1 -
Women ‘legally’ discriminated, excluded from jobs in 100 countries : UN Report
The UN Human Development Report has found that average human development remains uneven, with systemic discrimination against women, indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities in several countries . “By eliminating deep, persistent, discriminatory social norms and laws,...March 25, 2017 1327 0 -
Record heat, vanishing ice, droughts pushing the planet into uncharted territory
Soil erosion and deforestation shown in the mountains of Guatemala’s Quiche province. UN Photo/John Olsson With extreme weather continuing into 2017 – a heatwave over the arctic and warming breaking records of high tempreatures in February...March 22, 2017 1406 0 -
India, Pakistan to hold water talks in Washington amid US, WB push
Indus Valley in Leh, Kashmir, a source of water for Pakistan Photo: Kenny OMG via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan and India will hold talks on the Kishanganga and Ratle hydropower projects, in Washington from April 11, Islamabad...March 21, 2017 1155 0 -
“I am with you for life,” Angelina Jolie amid world apathy towards refugees
Amid world apathy towards refugees, UN Special Envoy for refugees agency Angelina Jolie has renewed her contract to serve in the position. “I am with you for life,” she told the staff working for protection of...March 17, 2017 1406 0 -
No end to suffering of Syrian children as world fails
A seven-year-old child stands in front of her damaged school in Idleb, Syria. October 2016. Photo: UNICEF While the world fails to end thee Syrian conflict and Bashar al Assad struts around, a new report has...March 13, 2017 1239 0 -
Amid Afghan descent, Trump cautioned against troops surge
A 2008 image shows US soldiers watching as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Air Field, Photo Credit:Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez, via Wikimedia As the Trump Administration seeks answers to Afghanistan...March 10, 2017 1110 0