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As the foreign military forces neared their complete pullout from Afghanistan, the UN Security passed a resolution on Monday that calls for the Taliban – who now control the capital and the country – to facilitate...

The UN Security Council discussed the grim situation in Kashmir for the second time since August 5 revocation of the autonomous status of the disputed territory under Indian control. The council met behind-closed-doors months as diplomats...

As Kashmir remains tense four months after India deprived the region of its autonomy, the UN Security Council meets Tuesday to consider the situation in response to China’s request for a meeting. The Council will likely...

Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations raised this question while voicing deep concern over the 15-member forum’s inability to act against India for its flagrant violations in the disputed Kashmir territory that New Delhi annexed on...

The Security Council’s meeting Friday over deteriorating situation in Jammu and Kashmir reaffirmed validity of UNSC resolutions, and now in contradiction of Indian claims the dispute is gaining much wider international spotlight, Pakistan’s ambassador to the...

The United Nations Security Council began a closed meeting at Pakistan’ request to discuss India’s annexation of Kashmir, a move that has exacerbated tensions between South Asian nuclear powers, who both control parts of the disputed...

Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar persecution pour into Bangldesh Photo: Saikat Biswas/UN Migration Agency Britain and Sweden have requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council against the backdrop of a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar,...

The United Nations Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” Monday’s deadly terrorist attack in Lahore, emphasizing that the perpetrators be held accountable.  The statement came after a car bombing in the heart of Pakistan...

UN Photo/Manuel Elias With United States abstaining, the U.N. Security Council on Friday approved a resolution demanding Israel stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian territory and declaring all such constructions since the 1967 war, including in...

Photo Credit: English Foreign and Commonwealth Office via Wikimedia Commons Confronted with global critiism of handling the Syrian conflict, the United Nations Security Council on Monday decided to immediately deploy UN observers in Aleppo to monitor...