Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon, Bill Gates head climate body

Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and billionaire businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates will head… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

“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… Read More

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… Read More

Antonio Guterres sworn in as UN chief

UNITED NATIONS: Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as the ninth secretary-general of the United… Read More

Syrian general says Aleppo offensive in final stages

ALEPPO: The Syrian army and its allies are in the "last moments before declaring victory"… Read More

UN expresses concern over growing escalation at LoC

NEW YORK: Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon has expressed his concern… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

UN appoints Guterres as new secretary-general

NEW YORK: The UN General Assembly on Thursday appointed Antonio Guterres as the new secretary-general… Read More

Angry anti-Saudi protest in Yemen after funeral carnage

SANAA: Thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in the capital Sanaa on Sunday to vent anger at… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

Portugal’s Antonio Guterres nominated as UN chief

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council on Thursday unanimously nominated former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

‘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… Read More