Middle East

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN Security Council on Monday held its quarterly open meeting on the Middle East a day after the ceasefire in Gaza ended the 15-month-long war. UN HEAD Antonio Guterres briefed the members of the Council…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday briefed the members of the UN Security Council and said that the Middle East undergoing “a period of profound transformation”, the international community must support…

By Anjali Sharma WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden on Thursday said that his vision of an economic corridor connecting India, the Middle East, and Europe–a vision first presented at the G-20 summit in Delhi in September 2023 can now…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – President of the UN General Assembly Philémon Yang on Tuesday emphasized that peace and security in Middle East cannot be achieved through force or occupation but only through dialogue, mutual recognition…

By Anjali Sharma WASHINGTON - White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday said that 2 US officials will visit Israel for talks on critical issues, including the situations in Gaza and Lebanon, the status of hostages,…

GG News Bureau New Delhi, 25th Oct. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) clarified on Friday that it has postponed, not canceled, a seminar on the West Asian conflict where Iranian Ambassador Iraj Elahi was scheduled to speak, citing…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 9th August.  UNICEF Regional Director Adele Khodr on Thursday said in a statement that the recent surge in violence and attacks in the Middle East is taking a shocking toll on young lives in…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 6th August. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Monday for an urgent de-escalation in the Middle East as tensions mount in the wake of recent deadly attacks linked to…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau WASHINGTON DC, 5th August. US Central Command’s General Michael Kurilla on Sunday arrived in the Middle East region after preparations for a possible Iran attack on Israel in response to the recent killings of…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau WASHINGTON DC, 30th July. India External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said the Quad group is not a talk shop but a platform that generates practical outcomes, in his remarks at the Quad foreign…