Ban Ki-moon

U.S. says Syria used chemical weapons, will send arms to rebels

2013-06-13 18:20:00

WASHINGTON — The White House declared Thursday that Syria had crossed a "red line" by using chemical weapons in that country's civil war, and in response, U.S. officials said, President Obama had authorized sending arms to some rebel groups. The...

U.N.: 'Reasonable grounds' to suspect chemical weapon use in Syria

2013-06-04 10:47:00

BEIRUT — A U.N. report on Syria said Tuesday that there were “reasonable grounds” to believe that limited quantities of toxic chemicals have been used as weapons in at least four attacks in Syria's civil war, but that more evidence was...

U.N. mission in Golan Heights may be next casualty of Syrian war

2013-06-07 05:00:00

A United Nations mission that has patrolled a zone of separation between Israel and Syria for four decades is at risk of becoming the latest casualty in the grinding bloodbath between Syrian President Bashar Assad's military and the rebels fighting to...

Austria to pull its U.N. peacekeepers from Golan Heights

2013-06-06 16:52:00

Austria said Thursday that it was pulling its troops from a United Nations observer mission in the buffer zone between Syria and and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, saying the risk to its soldiers had become “unacceptable” amid fighting...

Syrian rebel stronghold pounded by government shelling

2013-06-03 13:00:00

Heavy shelling pounded the besieged Syrian town of Qusair on Monday, killing at least three civilians and injuring several more, as government forces made another attempt to storm the strategic junction, according to opposition activists in and near the...

Syria activists look to a grave for evidence against Assad

2013-05-25 17:08:00

WASHINGTON — The hunt for proof that Syrian government forces used banned chemical weapons may come down to a rotting corpse exhumed late last month from a makeshift cemetery near Damascus. The grave diggers — a Syrian doctor and several...

U.S. decries Russia weapons sale to Syria

2013-05-17 17:21:00

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday condemned Russia's delivery of advanced antiship missiles to Syria and its buildup of warships in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that the Kremlin's escalating support for its longtime ally in...

Russia defends weapons shipments to Syria

2013-05-17 09:22:00

MOSCOW -- Russian officials on Friday defended the country’s weapons sales to Syria, saying the country is primarily providing defense systems that are in line with international treaties. Responding to news reports that Russia has sent advanced...

4 U.N. peacekeepers seized in Syria near Israeli border

2013-05-07 12:57:00

BEIRUT — Four United Nations peacekeepers were seized Tuesday in southern Syria, close to the Israeli border, the international body said, marking the second time this year that its observers have been taken in the volatile area. U.N. Secretary-...

Press Freedom Day: Where reporters and their work are threatened

2013-05-03 05:20:00

Friday marks World Press Freedom Day, first declared by the United Nations two decades ago as a day to nurture the freedom of journalists -- or to remind the world of where it falls short. Rights groups pointed to several spots on the globe where...

Iran points at Syrian rebels in warning about chemical weapons

2013-04-30 11:08:00

Echoing the words of President Obama, the Iranian foreign minister reportedly said Tuesday that unleashing chemical weapons in Syria would be a “red line” for Tehran. But Ali Akbar Salehi also suggested rebels were to blame for such attacks,...

North Korean motives, strategy remain mysteries

2013-04-12 02:00:00

Contrary to the adage, what we don’t know about North Korea could hurt us. It’s not known whether the intermediate-range Musudan missiles poised for imminent firing could reach U.S. bases on Guam or Japan, though at least the latter is...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces in New York that the United Nations will investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria.

2013-03-21 00:00:00

An Israeli Iron Dome interceptor anti-missile system blasts apart a missile fired from the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants as it approaches Sderot, southern Israel.

2012-11-15 00:00:00

South Korean singer Psy (Right), whose real name Park Jae-sang, does a dance-step with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (Left) just before their meeting at UN headquarters in New York.

2012-10-23 00:00:00