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Does the Middle East war toll the death knell of the UN?

Does the Middle East war toll the death knell of the UN?

The UN has no law enforcement machinery to run its diktats. All it has is some peacekeeping forces deployed in certain restive countries. And that too is not a formidable force.

12 March 2026 2:43 PM IST

Iran escalates attacks on Gulf airports and ports as UN demands ceasefire on Gulf countries

Iran escalates attacks on Gulf airports and ports as UN demands...

12 March 2026 11:16 AM IST

India among 30 nations urging protection for UN peacekeepers amid Lebanon clashes

India among 30 nations urging protection for UN peacekeepers amid Lebanon clashes

India joined 29 countries in demanding safeguards for UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, caught in escalating Israel-Hezbollah...

12 March 2026 8:15 AM IST

Kuwait writes to UN over Iranian attacks, urges Security Council action

Kuwait writes to UN over Iranian attacks, urges Security Council action

Letters to the UN cite 234 missiles and 422 drones since Feb. 28

11 March 2026 2:07 AM IST

UN report flags ethnic cleansing concerns over Israel’s Gaza actions

UN report flags ethnic cleansing concerns over Israel’s Gaza actions

Israel's destruction of Gaza neighborhoods and aid blockades "appeared to aim at a permanent demographic shift," raising...

20 Feb 2026 11:17 AM IST

UN: Five foiled IS assassination plots targeted Syrias President, two ministers

UN: Five foiled IS assassination plots targeted Syria's President, two ministers

The attempts targeted President Ahmad al-Sharaa, Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab, and Foreign Minister Asaad...

12 Feb 2026 10:22 AM IST

Violence in Sudan and South Sudan displaces hundreds of thousands, UN reports

Violence in Sudan and South Sudan displaces hundreds of thousands, UN reports

Ongoing hostilities in Sudan and South Sudan have forced hundreds of thousands from their homes, exacerbating a dire...

4 Feb 2026 11:15 AM IST

UN rights committee flags discrimination against Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam

While acknowledging India’s response to the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, and the Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024,...

24 Jan 2026 6:19 PM IST

UN declares end to Gaza famine; Warns of critical hunger amid winter crisis

UN declares end to Gaza famine; Warns of critical hunger amid winter crisis

The United Nations announced on Friday that Gaza is no longer in a state of famine, attributing the improvement to...

20 Dec 2025 10:38 AM IST

UN still ‘indispensable’ and matters to displaced communities: Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor described the UN as “an indispensable symbol of not perfection but of possibility.”

21 Nov 2025 5:05 PM IST

Inequality is driving deadlier and longer pandemics: UN report

This cycle was seen in Covid-19, AIDS, Ebola, influenza, and mpox.

3 Nov 2025 5:36 PM IST

India rejects UN report on endangered traditional culture as ‘inaccurate’

India rejects UN report on endangered traditional culture as ‘inaccurate’

The report, authored by Alexandra Xanthaki, the UN’s Special Rapporteur for Cultural Rights, alleged that India’s...

1 Nov 2025 11:17 AM IST

UN Security Council condemns violence in Sudan’s El Fasher

UN Security Council condemns violence in Sudan’s El Fasher

The UN Security Council has expressed grave concern over escalating violence in and around El Fasher, the capital of...

31 Oct 2025 9:11 AM IST

India rejects UN report linking Pahalgam attack to Rohingya refugee treatment

India rejects UN report linking Pahalgam attack to Rohingya refugee treatment

India has strongly criticised a United Nations human rights report that claims the April 2025 terrorist attack in...

29 Oct 2025 10:31 AM IST

UN chief calls for end to wars in International Peace Day message

UN chief calls for end to wars in International Peace Day message

The International Day of Peace was established by the UN General Assembly in 1981, and in 2001 it was unanimously...

22 Sept 2025 11:16 AM IST

India reaffirms support for two-state solution at UN meet on Palestine

India reaffirms support for two-state solution at UN meet on Palestine

India’s UN envoy Parvathaneni Harish told a UN conference that global efforts must prioritize practical steps to achieve...

30 July 2025 1:30 PM IST