Ban Ki-moon

The United Nations Security Council condemned North Korea for its failed rocket launch, saying it flew in the face of two previous resolutions that slapped sanctions on the isolated regime....

Despite a cease-fire in Syria, shelling continued in the battered city of Homs and a government offensive in the northwest province of Idlib intensified, according to anti-government activists. In Paris, a meeting of almost 60 "Friends of Syria" countries...

Shellings and shootings continued in Syria on Wednesday, despite the presence of a small group of United Nations cease-fire monitors, government opponents said....

Hundreds more observers should be sent to Syria to ensure it sticks to its peace plan, which has yet to halt the bloodshed, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday....

As throngs of Syrian protesters headed out Friday, testing its unraveling peace plan once again, United Nations observers meant to help quell the violence were not patrolling the streets. The handful of U.N. observers already on the ground are part of a...

Sudan and South Sudan inch back from from the brink of war: South Sudan forces began a withdrawal from the strategic Sudanese oil area of Heglig, after enormous international pressure to do so. But Sudan claimed to have driven them out by force....

BEIRUT -- The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Saturday to send 300 observers to Syria to observe what can at best be called a fragile cease-fire. The resolution expands the observer mission from the 30 monitors approved a...

Aid agencies put out an S.O.S. on Monday, saying they have fallen far short on funding to feed people in the Sahel area of West Africa, a shortfall that could lead to millions of people starving....

JUBA, South Sudan -- South Sudanese wept openly as they celebrated their independence Saturday, cheering, whistling and dancing down the streets in a ceremony fitting for the birth of a new nation. "We are free at last," some chanted, flags draped around...

The world has been slow to react to the growing specter of famine in Somalia, despite repeated warnings by the United Nations and aid organizations that millions of people are at risk. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that nearly 4 million...

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The South Korean port city of Busan is playing host to a three-day forum on global aid strategies....