BEIRUT: BEIRUT (TIP): A powerful car bomb tore through a bustling south Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of Hezbollah on August 15, killing at least 18 and trapping dozens of others in an inferno […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate easily confirmed President Barack Obama‘s selection for ambassador to the United Nations on August 1. The Irish-born Samantha Power, a former Obama foreign policy adviser and outspoken human rights advocate, […]
On Friday, July 12, the United Nations Assembly listened spellbound to 16-year-old Malala, who was shot by the Talibans in Pakistan for attending school. Malala urged the governments to ensure free and compulsory education. Excerpts […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast on May 30 that he is “confident in victory” in his country’s civil war, and he warned that Damascus would retaliate for any future […]
WASHINGTON: The United States is rethinking its opposition to arming the Syrian rebels, President Barack Obama‘s defense chief said on May 2, even as Obama himself signaled that no decision to deepen US involvement in […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption of a U.N. treaty that for the first time would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade. An agreement required agreement by all 193 U.N. member […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Two senior Indian diplomats posted in New York retired on February 28. Ambassador Hardeep S. Puri, India‘s Permanent Representative to the United Nations retired after a brilliant diplomatic career spanning 39 years. […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Russia hasaccused US diplomats of blocking a UNSecurity Council condemnation of a bombattack in the Syrian capital that left at least59 dead.Russia’s UN mission said the United States“encourages” militant attacks by blockingthe […]
BEIRUT (TIP): A car bomb killed 53people and wounded 200 in centralDamascus on Thursday when it blewup on a busy highway close to rulingBaath Party offices and the Russianembassy, Syrian TV said.Television footage showed charredand […]
BEIRUT (TIP): More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or possibly burned to death by government forces in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group said on January 17, and fierce fighting raged across […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Just the mention of the word would send shivers down the spine of Syrians: “mukhabarat”, or secret police. Abuses by President Bashar al- Assad’s feared security units were among the reasons Syrians took […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): With the opposition coalition gradually gaining ground in Syria and now being formally recognised by the United States, the White House has said the President Bashar al-Assad must go. “We certainly agree that […]
One must congratulate the Government of India for taking the bold step of joining the 138 nations voting ‘Yes’ for the resolution to upgrade Palestine to a non-member observer state in the United Nations. What […]
GAZA (TIP): Hamas’s exiled leader will step onto Palestinian land for the first time in 45 years on Friday for a “victory rally” in the Gaza Strip, displaying his newfound confidence after last month’s conflict […]
President Obama win in 2008 was a truly historic occasion as the election of a non-white to the presidency represented the far reaching social change that had occurred relatively undetected in the American society over […]
What did we learn from the 67th UNGA? Every year, United Nations General Assembly brings world leaders from across the world to New York under a single roof, to address the global issues that stare […]
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