Last week, China had for the fourth time put a technical hold on listing JeM chief, Masood Azhar as a global terrorist at the UN security council, saying it needed more time to study the case. read more

More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters, the nation’s president said. read more

China arrested nearly 13,000 terrorists and dismantled over 1500 terror gangs in the northwestern Xinjiang province since 2014, the government said in a new policy paper on Monday, continuing to defend the controversial security measures implemented... read more

“Regarding the Masood case, we fully understand and fully believe this matter, [which is a] concern from your side, we understand that and [we’re] optimistic [and] quite sure this matter will be resolved,” Chinese ambassador Luo Zhaohui said. read more

The resolution on addressing single-use plastic pollution urges member states to develop national or regional plans, identify environment-friendly alternatives, work with research organisations and the industry to develop such alternatives, improve waste... read more

China claimed that the use of the “vocational training centres” has ensured that not a single terror attack had taken place in the past 27 months. read more

It is still not clear exactly who has been placed in preventive detention by Pakistan in the face of global pressure following the Pulwama suicide bombing of February that was claimed by JeM. read more

Discussions are underway on certain changes that China is understood to have suggested in the language in which the designation is announced, which could be about words and phrases or about the need for more information in support of Azhar’s listing. read more

Despite China’s blocking of the fourth effort to sanction Azhar at the UN Security Council on February 13, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Friday that international support for attempts to designate the JeM chief at the world body has... read more

Beijing said need more time to study proposal on JeM chief Masood Azhar. India has been critical of the opaque process by which the Sanctions Committee lists terrorists. Its proceedings and decisions are confidential and members don’t have to explain... read more

China blocked the latest international move to designate Azhar, whose group JeM claimed responsibility for the Pulwama attack in Kashmir on February that killed 40 Indian troopers. read more

With China opting to once again block action on Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar despite international censure after the Pulwama attack, Hindustan Times decodes the three strategic reasons which could have possibly influenced Beijing’s decision. From a possible ‘pact’ to prevent religious extremism in troubled regions of China, to protecting its most important assets in order to dominate global trade, China is playing a larger game at the United Nations. Watch the full video for more. (Hindustan Times)read more

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday responded to China’s veto on Masood Azhar. Prasad slammed China’s decision and said that “India and Indians are hurt”. China on Wednesday put a ‘technical hold’ on UN’s move to declare Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. (Hindustan Times)read more

Ravi Shankar Prasad hit back at Rahul Gandhi for targeting PM Modi after China blocked UN resolution to designate Masood Azhar as global terrorist. read more

As China again blocked a UN resolution to designate JeM chief a global terrorist, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday hit out at Prime Minster Narendra Modi, saying he was weak and scared of Chinese President Xi Jinping. read more