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UN General Assembly adopts historic arms trade treaty

The resolution containing the text of the treaty was approved by 154 "yes" votes with the simple maj...

Palestine poised for symbolic but historic victory at UN

The UNGA is poised to approve Palestine`s historic bid seeking recognition as an observer state in t...

PA seeks UNGA vote in November on status upgrade

The Palestinian Authority is set to ask the UN General Assembly for a vote this month on its bid for...

Advani praises UPA`s MGNREGA at the UN

The UPA government that has been facing brickbats from the opposition parties has got a compliment f...

UN chief seeks political solution: Sri Lanka

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has highlighted the need to find a political solution immediately to the underl...

Didn`t expect Zardari to rake up Kashmir at UNGA: SM Krishna

India on Tuesday said it did not expect Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to rake up the Kashmir i...

India presses for UNSC expansion to meet global challenges

India sought a reform of institutions of global governance including an expansion of the UN`s top de...

India determined to work with neighbours to defeat extremism

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is determined to work with its neighbours to defeat the "scourg...

Young people in cities like Mumbai, Seoul give me hope: Obama

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said young people in cities like Mumbai, Seoul and Jakarta, who...

Aircraft violate UN airspace restrictions; jets up

Two fighter jets scrambled after two aircraft violated airspace restrictions in place for the UN Gen...

US to do everything to prevent Iran from going nuclear: Obama

Talking tough on Iran, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said that America will "do what we must"...

Assad regime must come to an end: Obama

Demanding "sanctions and consequences" for those who persecute innocents in Syria, US President Bara...

Iran: Ahmadinejad dismisses war threats

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed threats of military action against Iran`s nuclear pr...

Iranians denied visas for UN General Assembly meet

The US has denied entry visas to a few Iranian officials, expecting to attend the UN General Assembl...

Iran`s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to leave for New York

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to leave for New York to attend UN General Assemb...

Chinese FM to address UN General Assembly

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will lead a delegation to attend the 67th session of the UN Gen...

Armed intervention should be used as last resort: India

Armed intervention should be a "measure of last resort" in any conflict-plagued nation, India has sa...

Rights to SL Tamils: DMK for resolution in Gen Assembly

DMK demanded that India should bring a resolution in the UN General Assembly and the UNHRC for besto...

India, 30 others abstain from voting on Syria resolution

India has abstained along with 30 other countries from voting in the UN General Assembly on a Saudi-...

Renewed bid for UNSC expansion by India, others

The G4 initiative has garnered wide cross-regional support with nearly 80 members having expressed t...

India conveys unhappiness over Kashmir reference

India conveyed its surprise and unhappiness on the UN General Assembly speech of the Prime Minister...

PM leaves Frankfurt for home

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday left here for home after a technical overnight halt on hi...

PM leaves for Frankfurt en route to India

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left here on Monday for Frankfurt on his way back home after concludi...

S Lanka: Might of powerful nations cannot prevail

Rajapaksa said every country`s values, traditions and religious convictions cannot be diluted or dis...

PM calls for early reform of UN Security Council

Manmohan Singh made a powerful call for early reform and expansion of the UN Security Council "to re...

No selective approaches to fighting terror: PM

Addressing the UN General Assembly Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the scourge of terrorism neede...

PM to address UN General Assembly today

India will make a strong pitch for comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council when PM Manmohan ...

What’s on plate at UN meet for India

Seven and a half years ago when Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh went to New York, it was the dawn o...

Ban discusses global issues with world leaders

Issues such as the Middle East peace and global economic situation were discussed at the annual UN...

Manmohan Singh unlikely to meet Obama at UN

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama are unlikely to meet during the UN General ...

Qatar diplomat named next UN assembly president

UN diplomats said Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser is unlikely to cause trouble for Western powers.

Qatar set to chair UN General Assembly

Qatar`s permanent representative to the United Nations, Nasr Abdulaziz al-Nasser, is set to head th...

India rejects Pak diplomat`s remarks, terms it `unacceptable`

India on Thursday strongly rejected Pakistan`s allegation that it was sponsoring terrorism in South ...

Nepal lobbies for UN General Assembly president

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal met Russian and Chinese ambassadors and lobbied for his candidat...

UN General Assembly should set global agenda: India

India has said the United Nations General Assembly should take the lead in setting the global agenda...

UNSC expansion -- Shot in arm for India: The Indian Express

A significant breakthrough in New York on negotiations to expand UN Security Council has once again ...

UN General Assembly adopts Goldstone report

The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted 114-18 to adopt a controversial report on the Israel-Hamas...

Myanmar’s PM to attend UN General Assembly session

Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein left for New York on Saturday afternoon to attend the 64th session...

Obama to meet Medvedev on Wednesday: US official

US President Barack Obama will meet on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on the...

UN in need of reform, says new General Assembly President

The 64th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly was today formally opened by its new ...

Ban Iran Prez from visiting US: Congresswoman

An influential American Republican lawmaker has urged the US President to prevent the Iranian Presid...

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