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UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bidThe U.N. General Assembly approved granting new rights to Palestine, urging Security Council to reconsider U.N. membership. Despite opposit...
Israel to summon ambassadors of countries that voted for Palestinian UN membershipOn Saturday, Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein said the ministry "will summon for a protest talk the ambassadors of the c...
US veto sinks Palestinian UN membership bid in Security CouncilThe United States on Thursday spoiled a long-shot Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership, vetoing a Security Council measure de...
German ambassador slams Russia; says India would make ties as per its history, neighbourhoodGerman Ambassador to India Walter J Lindner also called out the UN for its "outdated" Security Council structure and said India, the voice ...
Demoted? Pushed aside? Fate of Kim Jong Un's sister unclearSome say Kim Jong Un may have demoted his sister over general policy failures. Others, however, believe he could be worried about her rapid...
How China used veto to block Bangladesh’s entry in United Nations between 1972-74On 17 September 1974, Bangladesh became a full member of the United Nation as China used veto between 1972-74 to prevent membership. Sheikh...
How China blocked Bangladesh’s entry in early 1970s stymieing efforts by Soviets & IndiaMedia reports from 1972 show that Security Council members striving to avert a Chinese veto, deferred Bangladesh's application for the UN m...
UN cannot disengage with Africa by sub-contracting peacekeeping: IndiaBishnoi also cautioned that while regional organisations can at times play a useful role in assisting the UN, primacy of United Nations its...
India to use Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in its war on terrorWhether a meeting materialises between Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif - the government said there's no proposal yet.
India, Portugal sign defence and six other pacts to boost tiesThe two leaders called for eliminating terrorist safe havens and infrastructure, disrupting terrorist networks and their financing.
President Pranab Mukherjee arrives in China to boost bilateral tiesPresident Pranab Mukherjee arrived here today on a four-day visit to China that will see significant political and economic push.
Process for India's accession to Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to be launched next monthMezentsev said that bids of India, Iran and Pakistan had been submitted earlier and now these countries are SCO full-fledged observers.
China's Xi, Russia's Putin back India on UN terror charter against PakistanAmong other things, Obama had agreed to back India's membership in the APEC and the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
- New UN status is symbolic, but for real gain, Israel has to change its tack
In terms of tangible changes on the ground, the success of the Palestinian bid for a non-member observer status at the UN means almost noth...
- India pitches for SCO's membership, Afghanistan role
India has renewed its pitch for full membership of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization and backed the grouping's role in stabi...
- Unesco vote on Palestine also shows the US is increasingly isolated on Israel
That bid for official recognition as a state is part of the new strategy launched by the Palestinians in the face of stalled diplomatic eff...
- 'India should not expect UNSC permanent membership soon'
Obama might have endorsed India for a permanent seat UNSC, but as Japan has experienced, the booming South Asian democracy should not expec...