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Photo: UN A UN Security Council mission may visit Afghanistan shortly for a first-hand update of the situation in war-torn Afghanistan, Kazakhstan’s UN Ambassador Kairat Umarov indicated Thursday. The diplomat told reporters Thursday that he hopes to lead the...

UN Photo/Manuel Elias Pakistan and India were among countries that backed a United Nations General Assembly resolution Thursday, rejecting the recent U.S. move to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli capital.  The resolution received 128 votes to nine...

The U.S. is employing some muscular diplomacy at the United Nations, where it faces a General Assembly vote on President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israeli capital. Trump has indicated that the U.S. would halt...

Middle East political map, Credit: CIA/Wikipedia Two years after it went into force, the Iran nuclear deal is at a critical crossroads, the United Nations says as polarization in U.S. politics and multiple tensions in the...

Photo: Laslovarga/Wikimedia Commons In a year of fierce debate on immigration policies, a new analysis reveals that 43 percent of the 2017 Fortune top 500 companies were “founded or co-founded by an immigrant or the child...

Rex Tillerson at his confirmation hearing January 2017, Photo: Office of the President-elect/Wikimedia Commons Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said the United States wants to work positively with Pakistan but the South Asian country must...

Reacting to President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the United Nations has said there is no alternative to the two-state solution and that the world body would strive for the two Middle Eastern...

Tahrir Square in Cairo February 2011, Photo: Jonathan Rashad/Wikimedia Commons Mugabe’s ignominy in Zimbabwe ending a 37-year misrule is reminiscent of Pakistan’s own political history. Overstay has been the core problem. And not knowing when to...

Photo: Zach Rudisin via Wikimedia Commons The White House has called for immediate re-arrest and prosecution of Hafiz Saeed, alleged mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attacks, saying inaction on the issue will have repercussions for US-Pakistan relations. “The...

Photo: Author American minorities have been the target of political rhetoric and discrimination since last year’s election which saw President Donald Trump claim the White House. Anti-Semitic attacks have sharply risen this past year according to...