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Conflicts raging in the Middle East and Africa are not only inflicting death and destruction but also making lives miserable for survivors. Two United Nations agencies warned the UN Security Council this week said the multiple...

The Security Council held its first “straw poll” for the next secretary-general of the United Nations on Thursday, with António Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister who served as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees for 10...

Pakistan has called for an “independent and transparent” inquiry into the extra judicial killings in Indian occupied Kashmir, terming the worsening situation there a grave threat to peace and security. Pakistan’s Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi conveyed this demand to...

Kashmir on the Indian side of Line of Control continued to roil on Monday as violence killed 25 people, mostly Kashmir youth, amidst continuing protests over killing of a militant leader. Indian forces killed Burhan Muzaffar...

The White House has called Abdul Sattar Edihi as one of the world’s great humanitarians, who displayed lifelong commitment and determination to serve all people irrespective of their ethnicity, religion or nationality. A statement by the...

Hopes that Syria – decimated by more than five years of multilayered conflicts – could finally be put on path to rehabilitation – were dashed to pieces after a series of civilian killings from bombings of...

As the United Nations announced this week that warring parties would convene for Syria peace talks on Monday, Save the Children organization has reminded the world of its obligation to save the future of Syrian boys and...

The United States and Russia, co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), on Monday announced a plan to effect cessation of hostilities in the conflict-ravaged Arab country at 00:00 Damascus time on February 27. A...

The heartrending images of skeleton-thin children starving to death in the besieged town of Madaya on Thursday sent another chilling reminder to the world of the unspeakable horrors Syrians have gone through in the last five...

Unable to sketch alternative options over sanctions, world powers mull new punitive measures after another nuclear test by North Korea, which says it has detonated even a deadlier device – hydrogen bomb. It may take many...