Some 7,000 people, many of them foreigners, are being held in Libyan detention centers controlled by 'revolutionary brigade' militias, according to a new UN report.

Women and children are among detai

The United States announced fresh sanctions against Iran's energy sector on Monday and warned firms against dealing with Iran's financial sector, as it tried to 'sharpen' Iran's choice to pursue nucle

Recognizing Sulabh International's pioneering work in developing low-cost, environmental-friendly public toilet system, the United Nations has accorded its highest consultative status to the Indian NG

With countries across the world, including India, staking claim to being home to the seven billionth baby, UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon said his office would not be able to pin-point who the world's seven bil

Palestinians won a crucial vote to enter UNESCO as a full member on Monday, scoring a symbolic victory in their battle for statehood and full membership in the UN General Assembly.

"The general assem

The UN Security Council on Friday ordered a cut in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti and demanded strict enforcement of a 'zero tolerance' policy on sexual abuse after a rape case involving Uruguay

As the global financial crisis deepened, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said a fast growing India can help the world economy, around which no protectionist barriers should be erected.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Iran on a date to be decided mutually after consultations. Singh accepted in principle the invitation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to visit Iran wh

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the United Nations on Friday to recognise a state for his people, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the world body as a 'theater of the

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday made a powerful call for early reform and expansion of the UN Security Council ‘to reflect contemporary reality’ and asked nations not to allow the global eco