Under the shadow of the rushed US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, India on Friday warned that terrorism from across the Pakistan border must end for peace in the country
Sri Lanka gets two-year respite at UNHRC; Colombo calls resolution intrusive, damaging to South Asia
A revised version presented on 1 October reflects the Western double standards and the continuous desire of the UNHRC to bend over backwards to please the West. The most shocking aspect is that the recommendations in the report were made without consultation with the Government of Sri Lanka.
US reiterates claim it deescalated India-Pakistan conflict, but India affirms at UNSC it was resolved bilaterally
Op Sindoor was motivated by the Security Council statement on “the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors” of the Pahalgam attack accountable and it targeted terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, he said.
'World on fire': Buddha’s teachings can show the way
Rulers and decision makers must deter aggression and a calculated pursuit of violence in today's world” by nations “impelled by political goals such as territorial expansion or domination, or by deviant nonstate actors and terrorists who sow fear and destruction due to their deviant belief systems”, he said.
Kashmir is termed 'nuclear flashpoint' but we are responsible and do not want escalation, says Islamabad's UN envoy
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