OSLO — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her fight against dictatorship in the country. Machado, a 58-year-old industrial engineer and leader of the liberal opposition party Vente Venezuela, was barred in 2024 by Venezuela’s courts from running for president and challenging […]
WASHINGTON — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accompanied by Field Marshal Asim Munir, met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday during his visit to the United States for the 80th United Nations General Assembly session. He made a brief visit to Washington from New York for the meeting with Trump on […]
NEW DELHI — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan referred to the Kashmir issue in the UN General Assembly and said his nation was “pleased” with the “ceasefire” between India and Pakistan after a period of conflict earlier this year. He said it is important to see cooperation between India and Pakistan on counter-terrorism. “The issue of […]
UNITED NATIONS — China and India are the “primary funders” of the Ukraine war by continuing to purchase Russian oil, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) in his address to the UN General Assembly. The Trump administration has imposed an additional 25% tariff on New Delhi as a penalty for its […]
LONDON — Jubilant Palestinians held a flag-raising ceremony on Monday outside what is now their country’s embassy to the United Kingdom, a day after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his long-awaited recognition of a Palestinian state. Attended by hundreds of officials, including Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer, Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney, and several Labour […]
UNITED NATIONS — India has abstained in the UN General Assembly from a vote on a draft resolution that demanded an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” ceasefire in Gaza. The 193-member UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to adopt the resolution introduced by Spain that demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, to be respected by all […]
WASHINGTON — Despite India’s repeated dismissal of external involvement in the bilateral Kashmir dispute, US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce raked it up, saying that it wouldn’t be a surprise if US President Donald Trump tried to mediate. Replying to a question at her regular briefing on Tuesday, about what the reporter asserted was Trump’s […]
UNITED NATIONS — Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, the United Nations Security Council has held closed-door consultations where envoys called for restraint and dialogue. The consultations, held by the 15-nation Security Council, lasted about an hour and a half on Monday afternoon but no statement was issued from the Council after the meeting. Pakistan, currently a […]
LONDON — The UK has called on all parties involved to take a measured approach and urged de-escalation in the aftermath of the “despicable” terrorist attacks in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives last week. After an urgent question in the House of Commons, the issue of “Kashmir: Increasing Tension” was debated in the House of […]
UNITED NATIONS — The UNSC could meet “sooner rather than later” to discuss the situation between India and Pakistan, the President of the world’s topmost diplomatic body has said, noting that this would be an opportunity to express views and to help diffuse tensions between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours. “Of course, if a request […]
