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Ban Ki-moon, Bill Gates head climate body

Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and billionaire businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates will head an international commission on climate change to launch next month.

Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon rules out presidential run in South Korea

SEOUL: Former U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, once considered front-runner to be the next South Korean president, ruled out a run for the job on...

Ex-UN chief Ban ‘perplexed and embarrassed’ over relatives’ bribery case

SEOUL: Former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon, who is expected to run for president of South Korea, said he was "perplexed and embarrassed" over...

New UN chief aims to make 2017 ‘a year for peace’

UNITED NATIONS: The new United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday he would like to make 2017 a year to "put peace first," in...

“I feel a bit like Cinderella”: Ban Ki-moon bids farewell to United Nations

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon paid an emotional farewell to the United Nations on Friday, wistfully describing his two-term stint at the helm...

UN’s Ban condemns Berlin Christmas market attack

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday condemned the rampage by a truck driver on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people, calling...

Antonio Guterres sworn in as UN chief

UNITED NATIONS: Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations, saying the world body must change to better...

Syrian general says Aleppo offensive in final stages

ALEPPO: The Syrian army and its allies are in the "last moments before declaring victory" in Aleppo, a Syrian military source said, after rebel...

UN expresses concern over growing escalation at LoC

NEW YORK: Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon has expressed his concern over the hostile situation along the Line of Control...

UN’s Ban confident Trump will not undo Paris climate deal

NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday voiced confidence that Donald Trumpwill not seek to undo the Paris climate deal despite his campaign pledge...

Nearly 500 dead, food running out in Aleppo: UN chief

UNITED NATIONS: The Russian and Syrian bombing raids in Aleppo have had horrific results with nearly 500 dead, while food rations are expected to...

Next UN chief Guterres says time to overcome divisions over Syria

SYRIA: Newly-appointed UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday said it was time to overcome divisions over ending the war in Syria as key powers...

UN appoints Guterres as new secretary-general

NEW YORK: The UN General Assembly on Thursday appointed Antonio Guterres as the new secretary-general of the United Nations, in a shift towards a...

Angry anti-Saudi protest in Yemen after funeral carnage

SANAA: Thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in the capital Sanaa on Sunday to vent anger at Riyadh, head of a coalition accused of carrying out...

Colombia peace bid ‘too far to turn back’ after Nobel: UN chief

OSLO: UN chief Ban Ki-moon hailed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday, saying it shows...

Guterres vows to ‘serve most vulnerable’ as UN chief

NEW YORK: Antonio Guterres, the man set to become the next United Nations secretary-general, has vowed to serve "the most vulnerable" when he takes...

Portugal’s Antonio Guterres nominated as UN chief

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council on Thursday unanimously nominated former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres to be the next Secretary-General, recommending that the...

Syria hospital attacks are ‘war crimes’: UN chief

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attacks Wednesday on the two largest hospitals in rebel-held parts of Syria's Aleppo as "war crimes."

PM Sharif fought Kashmir’s case in UN strongly, says Lodhi

NEW YORK: Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Maleeha Lodhi has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in General Assembly session highlighted the ongoing situation in Kashmir in a strong manner.

‘Dossier on Indian brutalities in Kashmir handed over to Ban-Ki Moon’

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that he shared the dossier on the Indian brutalities in Occupied Kashmir with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, ARY News reported.

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