The United States and other countries worldwide have now pledged a total of more than 700 million dollars towards flood relief in Pakistan, a senior US official said Monday. The United Nations General Assembly meeting last Thursday was a real galvanizing moment in terms of contributions from other countries, said Dan Feldman, the deputy special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
NEW YORK: The UN official said the incident changed the route of the ship of the United Nations was partly the fault of the ship’s captain, who did not follow the original plan to unload the goods in the country. “A unilateral decision to change the route had been taken without consulting the UN, and arrived in country first, then proceed to India. This has resulted in the Pakistani cargo continue to be on board ship on arrival in India unlike the original plan, “spokesman of the UN Farhanul Haq said in a statement
Supporters of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s chief clerk and chairman of the moderate faction of Hurriyat (Freedom) conference being detained by Indian police during a protest in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 June, 2010.
According to news Irani President Ahmadinejad claimed that Iran has support of many countries for its nuclear program.
The US defence secretary has warned that Hezbollah now has more rockets and missiles than most governments. Robert Gates accused Syria and Iran of supplying weapons of “ever-increasing capability” to the military wing of the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement.
PARIS: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to see the United Nations slap sanctions on Iran in “weeks, not months.” Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters Tuesday that Gates “clearly thinks time is of the essence.” Gates is returning to Washington after spending a week in Europe. In Paris on Monday he met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Haiti and Earthquake Breaking news updates :- Haiti’s president ‘alive’ after massive quake: official, The Haitian capital has largely been destroyed in the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in more than 200 years. Journalists from The Associated Press described severe and widespread casualties after a tour of streets where blood and bodies could be seen
KABUL: 6 Foreigners killed in Kabul Attack , Six foreigners have been killed and five others wounded in an attack on a Kabul guest house used by United Nations personnel, an Afghan official said Wednesday. United Nations confirmed earlier that three members of United Nations personnel stayed in the guesthouse were killed
Rajasthan: India Fuel Depot Fire 5 killed, A huge fire broke out at an Indian Oil Coporation (IOC) fuel depot in the outskirts of Jaipur, capital of the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, killing at least 5 and injuring nearly 115 people.
Israeli troops demolished Palestinians’ houses in Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque area and ousted them from there. Israeli officials said that the houses were constructed without permit while Philistines say that Israel wants to oust them forcefully by demolishing their houses