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Photo by Sam Holland via Wikimedia Commons In the first top level elaborate comments on tense South Asian security situation, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said the Trump administration will try and “find its...

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...

Newly appointed National Security Adviser H R McMaster believes using the term “radical Islamic terrorism” is counterproductive because terrorists are “un-Islamic.” A report in the The New York Times, citing participants of Lt. Gen. McMaster’s first...

The international community should focus on dealing with the root causes of terrorism, Pakistan said Wednesday after United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres unveiled a suggestion in the General Assembly to create a new, independent U.N. counterterrorism...

In a forceful statement, Pakistan has told the United Nations that the campaign by a group of countries for permanent seats on the 15-member body defies the 21st century principle of achieving democratic representation through periodic...

After “officially putting Iran on notice”  over Tehran’s missile test, the Trump administration Friday imposed new sanctions against the Islamic Republic. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had said this week that the U.S. was “officially putting Iran...

View of Beitar Ilit, Israeli settlement Photo Credit  Yoninah via Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump has told Israel that constructing new settlements “may not be helpful” to Middle East peace efforts – marking a departure from...

Pakistan is seeking incoming Donald Trump Administration’s role toward defusing tensions between India and Pakistan stemming from the “inflamed” situation in Kashmir. “I think that can only happen if it (the United States) has a more...

View of Beitar Ilit, Israeli settlement Photo Credit  Yoninah via Wikimedia Commons Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the United States allowed the passage a U.N. condemnation of Israel’s settlement policies as the only...

With the Syrian imbroglio likely to cast a shadow on his foreign policy record, President Barack Obama told a news conference that he has always felt responsible on the issue but defended his strategy to deal...