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India seeks expansion of UN Security Council
India has underlined the need for expansion of the UN Security Council saying that no change in its composition in decades is an "unnatural situation of stagnation" in a dynamic and rapidly changing international environment. #NewsTracker #UN Security Council #UNSC #Asoke Kumar Mukerji
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Have 'powerful striking means' on standby, says North Korea
North Korea delivered a fresh round of rhetoric on Thursday with claims it had "powerful striking means" on standby for a launch, while Seoul and Washington speculated that the country is preparing to test a medium-range missile during upcoming national celebrations. #NewsTracker #North Korea #UN Security Council #Kim Jong-un #Chuck Hagel
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US deploys warship off South Korea amid soaring tensions on peninsula
The United States has positioned a warship off the Korean coast as a shield against ballistic missile attack as South Korea's new president vowed swift retaliation against a North Korean strike amid soaring tensions on the peninsula. #NewsTracker #South Korea #North Korea #UN Security Council #US warships
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Why plight of Lankan Tamils highlights the hypocrisy of nations
Negotiation rarely if ever has stopped the massacre of people by their own nation. And other nations simply don't want to intervene, unless there's oil. . . and even then, it's usually long after there's no people left to save. #HowThisWorks #United Nations #Sri Lanka #Interventionism #UN Security Council
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Lebanon Daily StarMilitary Council to meet despite lacking quorum
BEIRUT: Military Council meetings will resume despite the recent retirement of half its members, ministerial sources told The Daily Star Thursday, adding that the ongoing violence in Tripoli left officials with few options. Due to the urgent need for a m #Beirut, Lebanon #Najib Mikati #Rafik Hariri
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Hurriet Daily NewsUN Security Council mulls Syria cross-border aid push
The U.N. Security Council is considering a plea from senior U.N. aid officials to demand aid access in war-torn Syria, a move that could lead to a showdown between Russia and Western states over humanitarian cross-border deliveries, diplomats say. As nei #Syria #U N Security Council #Lebanon, PA
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The HinduRussia's top brass blast US security policies
Top Russian officials have blasted the United States defence and security policies even as Russia’s security chief was in Washington discussing ways to improve relations between the two countries. “Lack of trust remains a holdover of the Cold War… the mi #Canada #Barack Obama #Sergei Shoigu