India on Saturday said a bitter row over the US arrest and strip-search of an Indian consulate official had triggered a “mini-crisis” in bilateral relations and much more must be done to repair ties. Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid’s remarks…
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10 January 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) confirmed today that it is seeking details from Australian authorities…
10 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today said it hopes that Myanmar’s decision to commute all…
10 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today expressed concern about a decision by the Malaysian Ministry…
9 January 2014 – Timor-Leste, Asia-Pacific’s youngest country, today became the region’s first to launch a national campaign under the…
7 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today expressed deep concern about what it said is disproportionate…
6 January 2014 – A senior United Nations official has welcomed a decision by Nepal’s top court against granting amnesty…
6 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, saddened by the deadly violence that marred parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, has today…
6 January 2014 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today applauded China for its first public effort to crackdown…
Japan’s health ministry will Wednesday file a criminal complaint against the local arm of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis over alleged exaggerated advertising for a popular blood-pressure drug, Kyodo News agency reported. Novartis Pharma KK has…