Guterres takes over from Ban Ki-moon as new UN chief
The former Portuguese PM starts his first day urging people to ‘put peace first’
Hollande says US must respect commitments on climate change
France and UN caution US president-elect Trump on risks of quitting 2015 global plan
UN chief calls Netanyahu ethnic cleansing video ‘outrageous’
Israeli PM had said Palestinians wanted to form a state devoid of Jewish population
Syria conference raises $10bn as Turkey warns of new exodus
Money to provide food, shelter and medicine to millions of Syrians, says David Cameron
COP21 deal hailed as overcoming ‘the impossible’
Reaction broadly positive as final agreement delayed after last-minute wrangling
COP21: Crunch issues still to be decided in Paris
Pope, UN secretary general call for urgent action and global solidarity in face of crisis
Aung San Suu Kyi wins outright majority in Burma’s election
Obama praises president Thein Sein as opposition party crosses majority threshold
Powers exasperated by broken ceasefires in South Sudan
Uganda tells warring sides to shelve egos and sign agreement to end 20-month-old conflict
Ban Ki-moon urges ‘comprehensive’ response to migrant crisis
UN chief says search and rescue operations should be strengthened to help save lives
President Higgins calls for protection of public space
He says State has moved away from supporting public parks and libraries
Putin accuses US of world domination attempt
Thousands marching on Red Square marking 70 years of victory over Nazi Germany
Migrant crisis on agenda in Pope Francis and Ban-Ki-moon talks
‘We need to address the roots of the problem,’ says UN secretary general at Vatican
Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army commander transferred to ICC in The Hague
Dominic Ongwen is among five commanders of guerrilla group indicted by the International Criminal Court
Turkey says Kobani ‘about to fall’ as Islamic State advances
Edges of Syrian town controlled by IS; Erdogan under pressure to join fight
Robinson calls for Europe to push on emissions cuts
Council needs to build on the ‘big momentum’ created by events in New York
Global response to Ebola ‘not moving fast enough’ - Obama
MSF says its hospital in Liberian capital can only open for 30 minutes a day due to demand
UN rights chief rebukes security council for ‘failing to act’
Navi Pillay says narrow national interests being put ahead of intolerable human suffering
European and US airlines cancel flights to Israel
Decision made after rocket fired from Gaza lands near Israel's Ben-Gurion airport
UN threatens action over Nigerian schoolgirls’ abduction
Security Council to consider ‘appropriate measures’ against Boko Haram
UN to send peacekeepers to Central African Republic
12,000 troops authorised by Security Council in effort to prevent genocide
Syrian foes may discuss prisoner swaps despite talks acrimony
Russia’s foreign minister says rival sides have promised to start direct talks on Friday
UN says mass graves discovered in South Sudan
Leaders warned they may be held to account over deaths as fears of ethnic killings increase
Chemical weapons used repeatedly in Syria, UN confirms
Investigators say deadly nerve agent sarin was likely used in four incidents
UN announces January date for Syria peace talks
International peace conference will aim to bring end country’s civil war
We should treat migrants the way we want our people to be treated - Ban
UN secretary general evokes Ireland’s longstanding history of emigration
Ban Ki-Moon in Syria peace drive at G20 summit
Russia warns US military action would probably derail plans for talks resumption
China urges caution on Syrian military action before UN inspectors’ report
Foreign minister Wang Yi urges restraint before completion of chemical weapons inquiry
UN says chemical weapons investigators to visit Syria soon
Team to visit three sites where it is suspected the weapons were used during ongoing civil war
Colombia in Farc talks breakthrough
Agreement on critical issue of agrarian reform seen as a major step forward
North Korea pulls workers out of last joint industrial project with south
Move prompts speculation that nuclear test might be imminent
South Korea plays down suggestion of nuclear test by the North
Nuclear conflict would make Chernobyl seem like a fairytale, says Putin
North Korea says it has ratified nuclear strike against US
Statement from Pyongyang threatens a “merciless attack” over hostile US policy
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