ARTICLES RELATING TO BAN KI-MOON

DRC has chance for peace - Ban

2013-05-23 22:17

Troubled eastern DRC has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says.

UN chief arrives in Goma, DRC

2013-05-23 12:03

The UN chief Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Goma, eastern DRC, hours after a rebel group fighting government forces nearby said they would impose a cease-fire to permit the visit to proceed.

DRC war persists as UN chief arrives

2013-05-22 20:50

Rockets have land in DRC city of Goma as the UN secretary-general arrives in the capital.

Fighting flares in DRC ahead of Ban visit

2013-05-22 13:21

Fresh fighting has erupted between the army and rebels in the eastern DRC ahead of a visit by the UN chief Ban Ki-moon to the troubled country.

Stay out of polls, Madagascar rivals told

2013-05-21 09:11

The UN leader Ban Ki-moon has backed African calls for Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina and two rivals to withdraw from the country's presidential election in July.

N Korea fires fifth missile in three days

2013-05-20 10:02

North Korea has fired another short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, the latest in a series of missile drills that have been condemned by South Korea and UN chief Ban Ki-Moon.

Most European gays still threatened: Report

2013-05-17 09:00

Almost two-thirds of Europe's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still afraid to show their sexuality in public and most feel discriminated against, says an EU report.

US won't attend arms talks led by Iran

2013-05-14 13:02

The United States says it will refuse to send its ambassador to any meeting of the UN forum where nuclear disarmament is negotiated when it is chaired by Iran.

Syria pulling us into quagmire: Turkey PM

2013-05-13 09:00

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Damascus of trying to drag his country into the Syrian "quagmire" after bomb attacks killed 46 people in a town on the border.

Kerry to 'make another stab' at Syria

2013-05-06 20:03

US Secretary of State John Kerry will "make another stab" at seeing if the US and Russia can work together to find a political solution to end Syria's civil war.

Worries over Nigeria army violence claims

2013-05-03 22:10

The United Nations human rights watchdog has voiced concern about violence in north-eastern Nigeria that has inflicted numerous casualties and displaced civilians.

Syria rebels, troops clash at 3 air bases

2013-04-28 20:20

Heavy clashes between rebels and troops have occurred at 3 military air bases in northern Syria.

Syria chemical weapons: US not '100% sure'

2013-04-26 08:07

The United States has said for the first time that Syria likely used chemical weapons against rebel forces, but emphasised spy agencies are still not 100% sure of the assessment.

UN to approve peacekeepers for Mali

2013-04-25 08:04

The UN is expected to approve a new peacekeeping force for Mali to help restore democracy and stabilise the northern half of the country.

Ban condemns Tripoli car bomb

2013-04-24 10:07

The UN Security Council and UN leader Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned a car bomb attack on the French embassy in Tripoli.

China rushes relief after quake kills 186

2013-04-22 09:01

Chinese relief teams have flown in helicopters and dynamited through landslides to reach the most isolated communities dealing with the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake.

N Korea lays out talks pre-conditions

2013-04-18 10:35

North Korea has laid down rigid pre-conditions for any talks with Seoul or Washington, including the withdrawal of UN sanctions and a guaranteed end to South Korea-US joint military drills.

US offer aid as quake kills 40 in Pakistan

2013-04-17 10:05

Pakistani troops have scrambled to aid the remote victims of an earthquake centered in nearby Iran, as the US offered assistance and a strong aftershock jolted the region.

Peacekeepers denied access to Darfur

2013-04-14 22:10

Sudanese authorities have blocked international peacekeepers from an area of western Darfur, where at least 50 000 people have fled tribal fighting, the mission says.

Kerry hits back as N Korea threatens Japan

2013-04-12 14:02

US Secretary of State John Kerry has demanded that North Korea abandon an expected missile launch as the communist state threatens a nuclear strike on Japan.

US presses China to rein in ally N Korea

2013-04-12 07:51

The US has slammed North Korea's belligerence and pressed China to rein in its ally, as US officials downplay a chilling spy agency report that Pyongyang has a nuclear-armed missile.

Ban slams S Sudan peacekeeper attack

2013-04-10 11:54

The UN leader Ban Ki-moon says a war crimes investigation could be launched into an attack in South Sudan in which five Indian peacekeepers and seven other people were killed.

Mali: France launches major offensive

2013-04-09 11:23

A French force of 1 000 soldiers in a major offensive has swept a valley thought to be a logistics base for al-Qaeda-linked Islamist near the Malian city of Gao, a report says.

UN experts waiting to enter Syria

2013-04-08 22:17

UN experts are ready to move into Syria immediately to investigate reported chemical weapons attacks, but President Bashar Assad's government still has not approved their entry.

Qatar pledges $500m in aid to Darfur

2013-04-08 14:12

Qatar has pledged $500m in aid to Sudan's Darfur at a donor’s meeting in Doha, even as rebels launched new attacks in the troubled region scarred by a decade of conflict.

 

UN combat troops in DRC soon

2013-05-23 21:24

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has pledged that UN troops will be in place within "one or two months" to battle armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east.

Rajoelina warns polls may not go ahead

2013-05-23 07:55

Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina says presidential elections scheduled for July will probably not be held because international donors have pulled the plug on funding.

Myanmar urged to stop using child soldiers

2013-05-22 14:08

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Myanmar's government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice.

DRC army, rebel clashes continue in Goma

2013-05-21 22:35

Two days of clashes between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army and rebel fighters near the eastern city of Goma have killed at least 19 people, threatening an uneasy six-month peace.

Rebels, army clash in DRC's Goma

2013-05-20 12:03

Rebels from the M23 movement and the army are fighting just north of Goma, a regional capital in the DRC that the rebels had occupied briefly in November, both sides say.

UN's Ban warns of N Korea 'escalation'

2013-05-20 07:54

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned of a "dangerous escalation" after North Korea test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas to ease tensions.

Calm urged ahead of Bangladesh election

2013-05-14 13:02

UN leader Ban Ki-moon has called on rival Bangladesh political parties to calm tensions ahead of a looming election.

Putin, Netanyahu set for talks on Syria

2013-05-14 09:01

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to hold talks on the conflict in Syria amid growing concern about Moscow's arms deliveries to Damascus.

Pakistan peacekeeper killed in DRC

2013-05-08 09:37

Attackers have killed a Pakistan peacekeeper in an ambush in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says.

Israeli air strikes - Ban urges restraint

2013-05-05 21:59
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appealed for restraint to avoid an escalation in the Syrian conflict, expressing "grave concern" over Israeli air strikes.

Israel negotiator positive on Arab offer

2013-05-03 10:17

Israel's chief peace negotiator says it's "good news" that the Arab peace initiative is negotiable and that Arab nations are supporting peace talks between Israel and the Palestine.

US won't allow Castro's daughter to visit

2013-04-26 10:01

The daughter of Cuba President Raul Castro cannot visit Philadelphia to receive an award because the State Department has denied her permission to travel there, officials say.

UN sees 'positive spirit' in Sudan talks

2013-04-25 13:44

The UN says Khartoum and rebels in South Kordofan have shown a "positive spirit" in opening direct talks towards ending a two-year war which has affected more than two million people.

'No rights monitoring in Western Sahara'

2013-04-24 11:16

Opposition from France and Morocco has forced the US to abandon a proposal to monitor human rights in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the UN says.

Nigeria to probe army conduct in clashes

2013-04-23 07:43

Nigeria is to investigate its army's conduct after clashes between troops and Islamist fighters in the northeast killed at least 200 people, the single deadliest event since the insurgency began.

UN considers drone surveillance for I Coast

2013-04-18 13:11

The UN is considering deploying drone surveillance planes over the Ivory Coast to patrol its border regions as it gradually cuts back its peacekeeping force on the ground.

Pakistanis affected by Iran quake

2013-04-17 19:34

Thousands of Pakistanis have been affected by a huge earthquake in Iran that damaged hundreds of homes and killed at least 41 people, sparking a military rescue effort in the remote region.

UN slams deadly terror strikes in Somalia

2013-04-16 09:40

The UN Security Council says it condemns in the strongest possible terms terror attacks that left 34 people dead in Mogadishu.

Rwanda to block war crimes court at UN

2013-04-14 22:10

The United Nations has been hit by a second war crimes court dispute in a week with Rwanda trying to stop the UN Security Council praising the International Criminal Court.

West has proof of Syria chemical weapons

2013-04-12 07:55

Western nations have "hard evidence" that chemical weapons have been used at least once in the Syrian war but a UN investigation is now unlikely to get into the country, diplomats say.

UN meeting sparks Jordanian boycott

2013-04-10 12:46

Jordan's UN ambassador has said that he is boycotting a meeting on international criminal justice organised by the president of the General Assembly, on the grounds that it is biased.

N Korea urges foreigners to evacuate South

2013-04-09 15:01

North Korea has said the Korean peninsula was headed for "thermo-nuclear" war and advised foreigners to consider leaving South Korea.

Syria rejects chemical weapons inspectors

2013-04-09 10:00

Syria has said it will not accept a chemical weapons team proposed earlier by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to check whether chemical weapons have been used in Syria.

N Korea suspends last project with South

2013-04-08 22:11

North Korea has suspended its sole remaining major project with the South after weeks of threats against the United States and South Korea.

N Korea preparing for nuclear test: South

2013-04-08 07:44

North Korea appears to be preparing for a fourth nuclear test, South Korea says, following intelligence reports of heightened activity at its main atomic test site.

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