Putin says Russia will start seizing European vessels if its ships targetedThe comments, which Putin made as he oversaw navy drills in Russia's far east, come as the EU tries to ratchet up pressure on Russia's so-c...
12 Aug, 2026, 09.08 PM IST
Pakistan sees US-Iran deal close as Hormuz standoff drags on, Trump toughens stancePakistan's defense minister indicated a potential US-Iran arrangement regarding the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices reacted to these conflicti...
11 Aug, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
Turkey under lens for 'rotating' Syrian mercenaries in LibyaThe UN investigators alleged that Alaa al-Junaid, commander of the Hamza division of the Turkish-backed opposition Syrian National Army (SN...
20 Jun, 2022, 12.12 AM IST
India calls for countering terror in Africa’s Sahel and LibyaThe Sahel region stretches from Senegal on the Atlantic coast, through parts of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Su...
26 Jan, 2022, 08.51 AM IST
Critical for UNSC to focus, act upon growing threat of terrorism in Africa: IndiaIndia has called on the international community to focus its attention on the threat of terrorism in Africa, in particular the Sahel region...
25 Jan, 2022, 02.51 PM IST
Strongly support Libyan-led and owned political process: IndiaIndia's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said in a tweet that India welcomes the Presidential Statement agreed b...
10 Feb, 2021, 11.04 AM IST
India to chair UNSC's crucial Taliban and Libya sanctions committees, panel on counter-terrorismET has learnt that despite Pakistan’s desperate efforts to disallow Indian chairmanship of the 1988 Sanctions Committee, the P-5 and the en...
09 Jan, 2021, 09.45 AM IST
US plans new charges in 1988 Lockerbie airline bombingThe bombing of Flight 103, whose victims included dozens of American college students, spurred global investigations and produced sanctions...
17 Dec, 2020, 03.56 PM IST
EU targets Putin ally accused of US poll interferenceThe EU said it imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on Yevgeny Prigozhin, accusing him of being “engaged in and providing support for acts...
16 Oct, 2020, 11.51 AM IST
US helps India remove ship from UN's Libya sanctions listThe UNSC's decision to remove from a sanctions list an Indian ship is being talked about as the latest byword for global India-US strategic...
23 May, 2016, 12.53 PM IST
UN blacklists Indian-flagged cargo vessel carrying Libyan oilThe vessel, whose flag state is India, "may have been sold recently to an unknown buyer and the vessel's name may have changed to Kassos," ...
28 Apr, 2016, 11.51 AM IST
- Iranian bank to challenge UK, EU sanctions; hires Zaiwalla & Co Solicitors
Bank Mellat has decided to challenge the applicability of the sanctions imposed on it by UK and EU and has appointed Zaiwalla & Co Solicito...
09 Mar, 2012, 12.43 PM IST
- 'Huge cash allowing Gaddafi to extend fight against rebels'
Despite an international freeze on Libyan assets, Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have "tens of billions" of dollars in cash which is allowi...
11 Mar, 2011, 02.10 AM IST
- France first country to recognize Libya opposition
Despite the rhetoric coming from European leaders, the Libyan government was making a last-minute effort to sway them.
10 Mar, 2011, 08.02 PM IST
- Libya asks UN to suspend sanctions; appoints new envoy
Libya's Gaddafi regime has asked the UNSC to suspend sanctions imposed on it over the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters, as it...
05 Mar, 2011, 03.49 PM IST
- UNSC imposes sanctions on Libya
People's aspirations for democracy mark welcome change in the region.
28 Feb, 2011, 08.05 AM IST
- UNSC slaps 'biting' sanctions on Libya
Demanding immediate end to the violence of Libyan leaders, the 15-member UN Security Council, including India, unanimously slapped "biting"...
27 Feb, 2011, 03.39 PM IST