UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon
UN chief urges Israeli lawmakers to reconsider settlement bill
Middle East
December 17, 2016
UN chief urges Israeli lawmakers to reconsider settlement bill
Outgoing United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Israeli lawmakers to reconsider a bill to legalize Israeli settlement homes…
UN can’t verify incendiary bombs in Syria, concerned by reports
Middle East
June 25, 2016
UN can’t verify incendiary bombs in Syria, concerned by reports
The United Nations is concerned by the Syrian opposition's accusations that incendiary weapons have been used in Syria but said…
Powerful Saudi prince to meet Obama, Ban on US visit
Middle East
June 14, 2016
Powerful Saudi prince to meet Obama, Ban on US visit
Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince flew to the United States on Monday for meetings with US President Barack Obama…
Kerry says sees international Syria meeting on December 18
Middle East
December 8, 2015
Kerry says sees international Syria meeting on December 18
An international meeting on Syria may be held in New York next week, US Secretary of State John Kerry said…
UN official expresses concern about Egypt’s human rights abuses
Egypt
December 8, 2015
UN official expresses concern about Egypt’s human rights abuses
The UN's assistant secretary-general for human rights on Monday expressed concern about human rights abuses and the lack of respect…
UN chief deeply concerned at death sentence bid for Egypt’s Morsi
Egypt
May 18, 2015
UN chief deeply concerned at death sentence bid for Egypt’s Morsi
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern on Monday at an Egyptian court decision to seek the death penalty for…
UN: Yemen strikes legitimate but peaceful solution needed
Egypt
March 28, 2015
UN: Yemen strikes legitimate but peaceful solution needed
The United Nations has suggested that the Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen are legitimate, being requested by…
UN hails release of Al Jazeera journalists
Egypt
February 3, 2015
UN hails release of Al Jazeera journalists
The United Nations has welcomed Egypt’s decision to release jailed reporters from Qatari Al Jazeera English satellite channel, stressing on…
UN’s Ban urges Assad to seek political solution to Syria crisis
World
September 10, 2014
UN’s Ban urges Assad to seek political solution to Syria crisis
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged President Bashar al-Assad to seek a political solution to Syria's war, saying this would help…
Syria peace conference opens with rifts over Assad
World
January 22, 2014
Syria peace conference opens with rifts over Assad
Syria's government and opposition, meeting face to face for the first time at a UN peace conference, angrily spelled out…