Adopting resolution 2730 (2024) with 14 votes in favour and one abstention (Russia), the Security Council also denounced disinformation, information manipulation and incitement to violence against humanitarian and UN personnel. Led by Switzerland and co-sponsored by over 90 nations, the resolution noted “deep concern” about the particular vulnerability of national and locally recruited personnel who…
“We are here to mourn together, to remember together, and to pay our respects together,” Secretary-General António Guterres said at the solemn ceremony, held in the Trusteeship Council chamber at UN Headquarters in New York. Relatives of the fallen personnel, members of the diplomatic community and UN staff from around the world attended the event,…
File photo The law and order situation in the Indian state of Manipur has gone out of the control of the government and the army, the separatists have blocked the highway and held 200 army personnel hostage for two weeks. In Bishnopur city, separatists blocked the NH2 highway where a convoy of 19 Indian Army…
File photo The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed that one of its helicopters crashed in Syria, injuring 22 personnel. 10 injured in the accident have been shifted to major hospitals for treatment. The accident occurred on June 11, according to Centcom, an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident. It…
6 Iranian security border officials killed in armed attack; Photo: File Tehran: Six personnel were killed in a clash between the Border Force and an armed separatist group on the border of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province. According to Iranian media, 6 Border Security Force personnel were killed in Saravan near Iran’s border with Pakistan. The clash…
That’s according to a fact-finding report from the UN human rights office (OHCHR) released on Friday, on what the Malian authorities had described as an anti-terrorist military operation against an al-Qaeda-affiliated group known as Katiba Macina. The UN rights chief, Volker Türk, called the findings “extremely disturbing” and stressed that “summary executions, rape and torture during armed…
8 ex-Indian Navy personnel jailed in Qatar may be sentenced to death for spying for Israel. The trial of the former Indian Navy personnel detained on August 30 last year will be held on May 3. According to the Indian newspaper, Indian officials are accused of providing Israel with details of Qatar’s secret program to…
File photo Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has paid homage to the martyred officers and personnel of Pakistan Army in South Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan. The Prime Minister paid homage to martyred Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Barki, Shaheed Havildar Azhar Iqbal, Naik Muhammad Asad and Sepoy Muhammad Isa. Shahbaz Sharif prayed for the high status of…
