UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed the recent 'constructive' talks between the Indo-Pak Foreign Ministers and encouraged the two countries to resolve their outstanding issues through dialogue i

The UN Security Council has slapped sanctions, including an assets freeze and travel ban, on the al-Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban, which is believed to be behind a string of terror attacks in that

A major share of heroin in South Asian market went to India's local criminal groups, a UN annual drug report said on Thursday.

"In 2009, the total value of the South Asian heroin estimated at $1.9 bi

The 192-nation UN General Assembly has voted unanimously to elect Ban Ki-moon for a second five-year term as the global body's secretary-general.

The assembly unanimously backed the former 67-year-o

The UN Security Council on Friday threw its crucial support behind Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to win a second term at the head of the global body.

The 15-member council held a private meeting to d

A new condom home delivery service in India and the production of billions of extra contraceptives around the world highlight the breakthrough of condoms in helping put a brake on the AIDS pandemic, e

India, where 95,000 adolescents are living with HIV, has been listed along with the sub-Saharan countries having the highest number of youngsters infected by the deadly virus, according to a UN re

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon proposed a new UN mission for South Sudan after it becomes independent on July 9, requesting 7,000 troops to protect civilians and a mandate to help the new government prevent conflict and consolidate peace.

The UN General Assembly has elected 15 countries, including India, to the Human Rights Council, filling the latest slate of rotating council candidates, Xinhua reported.

The new members elected by th

A UN panel has said killing of tens of thousands of people in the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil strife could amount to "war crimes", but Secretary General Ban Ki-moon insisted he would only lau