Ban Ki-moon

The United Nations and the Arab League have issued separate condemnations of persistent violence in Syria. At least 20 more people were reported killed in Syria on Saturday....

World-renowned violinist Midori will give a concert with the Minnesota Orchestra in Orlando next March — thanks to the Orlando Philharmonic, the Edyth Bush Charitable foundation and an anonymous donor. That team stepped forward to make sure the...

Protesters in Greece have taken to the walls to spread their message, with such graffiti as "Life -- not just survival." In Somalia, where the U.N. declared a state of famine, the message is even grimmer. For the people there,......

Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, does not seem deterred by U.S. threats of financial cuts or political castigation if he proceeds with plans to ask the U.N. for recognition of a Palestinian state in September. Abbas Wednesday...

If only helping the people starving in Somalia were as simple as sending food. In a July 22 Op-Ed by U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, he pleaded with readers: That is why I reach out today: to focus global attention on......

Syrian protestors celebrated the accomplishments made by Libyan rebels on Sunday, heartened by the advances made by opposition forces in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. But, while they hope that Damascus will succumb to their push against the regime of...

Nuland said officials plan to give the assets to Libyan rebels' National Transitional Council for humanitarian purposes and to “help it establish a secure, stable government."...

"That transition must be grounded in inclusiveness, reconciliation and national unity - under a new government that can effectively deliver on the Libyan people's aspirations for democracy, freedom, and growing social and economic prosperity," he said....

In Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' formal bid to the U.N. for member state status Friday, he said he wanted to revive the peace process with Israel by ending all settlement activities and establishing a two-state solution. To that end,........

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Moving swiftly in response to a request by Arab nations, the U.N. Security Council on Thursday paved the way for international air strikes against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces with its vote authorizing military action to...

DARAA, Syria -- Violent protests erupted Friday in Syria, with dozens of people people killed in and around the restive city of Daraa and a boy slain in the coastal town of Latakia, reports said. "The situation in Syria has worsened considerably over the...