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Ban Ki-Moon Drops South Korea Presidency Bid
Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has ruled himself out of the running for South Korean president. In a surprise...
Ban Ki-Moon Drops South Korea Presidency Bid
Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has ruled himself out of the running for South Korean president. In a surprise...
South Korea’s Culture Minister Arrested Over Arts Blacklist In Political Scandal
South Korean prosecutors arrested the culture minister on Saturday, on suspicion of abuse of power for drawing up a...
Iran To Expand Military Spending, Develop Missiles
Iranian lawmakers approved plans on Monday to expand military spending to five percent of the budget, including...
Ban Ki-Moon Bids A Fond Farewell
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joked that he feels like Cinderella, as he prepares to step down at midnight on 31...
France, Fearing Massacres, Asks UN To Monitor Aleppo Evacuation
France has presented a UN Security Council draft resolution on sending observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and...
UN Chief Could Run For S Korea Presidency
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hinted that he may shortly run for the presidency of his native South Korea. Mr...
Jammeh Could Face Sanctions
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be “strongly sanctioned” if he tries to stay in power, the UN’s regional...
UN Chief Warns of Aleppo ‘atrocities’
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced alarm "over reports of atrocities against a large number of civilians" in...
Behind Morocco’s New Tango with the African Union
Why is King Mohammed VI of Morocco suddenly keen to join the African Union (AU) after his late father King Hassan II...
UN Chief Apologises For First Time Over Outbreak
Haiti was cholera-free until it was brought to the country by Nepalese peacekeepers in 2010 UN Secretary General Ban...
Global Heath Leaders and Experts Agree New Course For SDGs
Global Heath Leaders and Experts meeting in Shanghai, have agreed a new health promotion course in the sustainable...
UN Asks People With Diabetes To Pay Attention To Eye Protection
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on people with diabetes to have their eyes examined regularly to...
Paris Agreement Opens New Channels To Global Climate Governance
With the official enforcement of Paris Agreement on Climate Change, every country in the world now faces a test to...
UN Mission In South Sudan ‘failed To Protect Civilians’
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sacked the commander of a peacekeeping force in South Sudan following a damning...
Russia Says Aleppo Escape Corridors Under Fire
12:30 a.m. The Russian military says that in the first day of the pause in fighting over the Syrian city of Aleppo, the...
UN Appoints New Secretary General Through Transparent System
The United Nations General Assembly today (October 13,2016) formally appointed Mr. António Manuel de Guterres, the...
Russia Opposes UN Arms Embargo On South Sudan
Russia on Tuesday (11 October) said that it would not be in favour of imposing arms embargo on South Sudan despite UN...
UN Chief ‘appalled’ By Aleppo Escalation
UN chief Ban Ki-moon is "appalled by the chilling military escalation" in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, his...