North Korea blames US for tensions in rare UN talks
Jeffrey Feltman flew to Beijing Saturday after wrapping up a five-day visit to Pyongyang aimed at defusing the crisis, just a week after North Korea said it test-fired a new ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States.
Dec 09, 2017, 15:16 PM IST
Earth being driven towards 'tipping points' due to climate change: Report
In relation to climate change, these invisible thresholds are a point-of-no-return beyond which lies a world that could fall rapidly and seriously out of balance.
Nov 15, 2017, 12:41 PM IST
Yemen ceasefire to begin Tuesday as UN talks open, Saudi coalition says
A ceasefire to halt nine months of war in Yemen will take hold at noon local time (0900 GMT) on Tuesday, coinciding with the start of UN-backed peace talks in Switzerland, the Saudi-led coalition said on Tuesday.
Dec 15, 2015, 03:11 AM IST
Sleep-starved envoys zero in on historic climate talks
Sleep-starved envoys tasked with saving mankind from catastrophic climate change zeroed in Friday on a historic Paris accord, battling through a second all-night session of UN talks in search of a solution.
Dec 11, 2015, 06:28 AM IST
'Paris extends ban on rallies until Nov 30 start of UN talks'
The French government has said it will not "give in" to terrorism and insists the long-anticipated conference will go ahead.
Nov 21, 2015, 19:53 PM IST
France pushes for speedy emissions-curbing pledges
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius today urged nations that have yet to submit carbon-curbing targets to do so without delay, ahead of UN talks for a climate rescue pact to be inked in Paris in December.
Sep 18, 2015, 21:46 PM IST
