UN leader Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he believes al-Qaeda committed a major bomb attack in Damascus that left dozens dead, and that up to 10,000 people have now been killed in Syria.

Ban said Presi

Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confidential report on Iran sanction

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has fractured his hand while he was playing football against UN diplomats over the weekend.

Ban's left arm is in a sling and he would have to wear the ca

Joseph Kony, one of the world's most wanted men, is having to move nearly every day as hunters close in on the African guerrilla leader who may now be in Darfur, a top UN envoy said on Friday.

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Ahead of a visit to India, United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday expressed hope that the Security Council's reform process will be accelerated to meet expectations of countries like India whi

The shadow of past international failures in Bosnia and Rwanda hangs over special envoy Kofi Annan and the UN Security Council as they dig in for a prolonged showdown with Syria's President Bashar al-

The United States may not allow the renewal of the UN ceasefire monitoring mission in Syria after the first 90 days, the US ambassador warned on Saturday.

"Our patience is exhausted. No one should as

China has called on the international community to work together in promoting international nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear disarmament and nuclear security.

The statement came on Thursday, a day

Russia and China joined the rest of the United Nations Security Council on Saturday to authorise the deployment of up to 30 unarmed observers to Syria to monitor the country’s fragile ceasefire, as ca

India has said the 15-nation UN Security Council should be expanded to include about 10 more members, cautioning that delay in reforming the powerful world body will be at the international community'