Un Resolutions

Gilgit-Baltistan review: Alok Bansal's book a great starting point in understanding the elusive region

'Gilgit-Baltistan and its Saga of Human Rights Violations', by Alok Bansal, Director of the India Foundation, provides one of the few sources for someone wanting to know a little more about this troubled non-state.

Pakistan rakes up Kashmir dispute in UN, accuses security council of 'selective implementation' of resolutions

Pakistan has brought up the Kashmir issue in the Security Council, accusing it of "selective implementation" of its resolutions.

Donald Trump, Moon Jae-In welcome North Korea sanctions, say Pyongyang poses grave threat

Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In on Monday agreed that North Korea poses a "grave and growing direct threat" to most of the world

True solution to Kashmir lies not in 'raining bullets': Pak army chief

Describing Kashmir as Pakistan's "lifeline", Army chief General Raheel Sharif has said the true solution of the Kashmir issue lies not in "raining bullets" upon people in the Valley but in "heeding" to their voices and respecting their aspirations.

Kashmir witnessing 'new wave of freedom movement', says Nawaz Sharif

Upping the ante, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said Kashmir was witnessing a "new wave of freedom movement" and asked the diplomats to apprise the world that Kashmir was "not an internal matter" of India.

Issue of Kashmir is unfinished agenda of the UN, says Nawaz Sharif

Describing Kashmir as "unfinished agenda" of the United Nations, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday vowed to raise the issue at every international platform and provide all sort of support to Kashmiris.

North Korea: Ballistic missile tests for possible nuclear strikes

North Korea said its latest ballistic missile tests trialled detonation devices for possible nuclear strikes on US targets in South Korea and were personally monitored by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un.

Threat to Japan intensifies after North Korea launches two missiles to high altitude

North Korea launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range missile on Wednesday to a high altitude in the direction of Japan before it plunged into the sea, military officials said, a technological advance for the isolated state after several test failures.

North Korea test fires two powerful, mid-range missiles in violation of UN resolutions

Nuclear-armed North Korea conducted two back-to-back tests of a powerful new medium-range missile on Wednesday

UN Security Council strongly condemns North Korea's test-firing of missile

The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea's test-firing of a missile, saying that the launch violated UN resolutions even if it was a failure