ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan have reiterated to work together for the return of Afghan refugees, both registered and unregistered, with dignity and honour to...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Tehmina Janjua has called for a free and fair plebiscite for Kashmir as enshrined in the United Nations Charter and the UN Security Council resolutions.
GENEVA: More than 100 countries pledged Wednesday to clear unexploded cluster munitions used in conflict zones worldwide by 2030, a new step in the unfinished battle to prevent deaths by the weapons.
GENEVA: A man set a train carriage in Switzerland on fire using a flammable liquid and stabbed passengers on Saturday, injuring six people, including a six-year-old child, police said.
GENEVA: A dazzling blue diamond once owned by mining magnate Philip Oppenheimer could fetch a record sale price, with auction house Christie's hoping it tops the staggering $48.4 million mark set last year.
SWITZERLAND: A 14.62-carat blue diamond owned by an architect of the modern diamond industry could fetch a record price at this week's Magnificent Jewels auctions in Geneva.
GENEVA: The Syrian government delegation led by U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari arrived on Friday for their first session of the latest round of peace talks in Geneva, where they faced pressure to negotiate terms for a political transition.
DAMASCUS: The Syrian opposition is not optimistic about upcoming peace talks in Geneva because there is no international will for a political transition, opposition member Riad Hijab told Al Araby Al Jadid television late on Friday.
GENEVA: When executive board members of the World Health Organization sat down for their annual meeting in Geneva in January, many powerful figures spoke forcefully of the need to reform the leading global authority on health and disease.
AMMAN/GENEVA: A delegation from Syria's main opposition group flew to Geneva on Saturday to assess whether to join Damascus government officials in United Nations-brokered peace talks, an opposition representative said.
The United Nations invited Syria's government and opposition to peace talks in Geneva on Friday, but Saudi-backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have yet to decide whether to drop their objections to taking part.
GENEVA: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday of being obsessed by allegations of Israeli abuses and said the United States would defend Israel against efforts to isolate it.
GENEVA: High-level nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran resumed in Geneva on Monday as both sides work through technical and political differences to come up with an initial deal by a March 31 deadline.
GENEVA: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif will try to narrow gaps in another round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Sunday as they press to meet a March 31 deadline for a political framework agreement.
ANKARA/DUBAI : Iranian, U.S. and European Union officials will start two days of talks about Tehran's nuclear programme on Monday, Iran said, giving its...