Security Council News

United Nations Security Council's counterterrorism committee meeting will be held in India for the first time It will be held in two cities New Delhi and Mumbai

Vladimir Putin declared martial law in four Ukrainian regions This move appeared to be intended to help Russia strengthen its grip Ukraine is launching major counter-offensives in the east and south in an attempt to seize as much territory as possible before winter

The blast took place on Saturday Killed more than 20 people and injured dozens more The majority of the victims were female students

The 15-member Security Council is set to meet to discuss the Minsk agreements Russia says it has no plans to invade Ukraine

Pakistan has accepted that it will be difficult to find support if it rakes up Kashmir issue with the United Nations Security Council's five permanent members (P5) and from Muslim countries as well. Watch this video to know more.

India has been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council on seven occasions in the past several decades.

Pakistan's "mindset" that unleashes terrorist attacks on India and Afghanistan must change, India has told the Security Council.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that Iran may be defying a UN call to halt ballistic missile development even as it complies with the nuclear deal with six world powers.

The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday at the request of eight states on the 15-member body over U.S. President Donald Trump`s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, diplomats said on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump will nominate Kirstjen Nielsen, who as top aide to his White House chief of staff has sought to instill order in Trump`s team, to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

Pakistan claimed that a 22-year-old girl was killed due to the alleged firing by the Indian troops and two others were injured.

Our contemporary world is trapped in a deluge of troubles of which the most dangerous is the relentless rise of violence: Sushma

Students in white shirts and red ties held up the red flag of the ruling Workers` Party, with a yellow ink brush representing intellectuals, a hammer for the workers, and a sickle for the peasantry.

Beijing has halted its imports of coal, iron ore, seafood and other goods, implementing UN sanctions imposed on North Korea for its provocative nuclear and missile tests.

Moon, a longtime dove who was elected in May, warned North Korea to end its string of nuclear and missile tests but also promised help if the communist neighbor changed course.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said politics must be prioritised in the reform of UN peacekeeping operations.

The Kremlin said on Friday that North Korea`s latest missile test was part of a series of unacceptable provocations and that the United Nations Security Council was united in believing such launches should not be taking place.

"The solution can only be political. Military action could cause devastation on a scale that would take generations to overcome," Guterres told reporters at a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York.

Israeli jets flew low over the southern city of Saida on Sunday, causing sonic booms that broke windows and shook buildings for the first time in years, Lebanese security sources and residents said.

On September 3, the North Korean army claimed it had successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb that was capable of being mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile.