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August 9th, 2018 - 09:21 GMT

UN: Pyongyang Must 'Denuclearize' to Prevent Another Hiroshima, Nagasaki

The U.N. secretary general has thrown his weight behind the ongoing talks between North Korea and the U.S. over the former’s nuclear disarmament, stressing that Pyongyang must be denuclearized in an "irreversible" and "verifiable" way to prevent another Hiroshima or Nagasaki incident from happening.

This photo taken on August 28, 2013, in the Eastern Ghouta area on the northeastern outskirts of Damascus, shows United Nations (UN) arms experts arriving to inspect a site suspected of being hit by a deadly chemical weapons attack the previous week. (AFP)

September 16th, 2013 - 07:37 GMT

Ban to present chemical weapons report

King Abdullah arrives in China. [xinhuanet.com]

September 14th, 2013 - 06:55 GMT

Dim-sum and diplomacy: Jordan's King Abdullah heads to China

SYRIA, DAMASCUS : A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on September 12, 2013, shows President Bashar al-Assad attending an interview with Russian television [AFP]

September 14th, 2013 - 05:21 GMT

UN Chief seeks accountability for Assad

French Foreign Affairs minister Laurent Fabius gives a press conference on the situation in Syria, on September 10, 2013 at the ministry in Paris. (AFP)

September 10th, 2013 - 12:15 GMT

France preps UN resolution allowing Syria to cede chemical weapons

SYRIA, JOBAR : Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus on August 24, 2013. AFP PHOTO / STR

August 31st, 2013 - 08:48 GMT

Syrian army has "finger on the trigger", says Prime Minister

SYRIA, DAMASCUS : Syrians gather near a vehicle of the United Nations (UN) arms experts as they inspect a site suspected of being hit by a deadly chemical weapons attack last week on August 28, 2013 in the Eastern Ghouta area on the northeastern outskirts of Damascus. AFP PHOTO /MOHAMED ABDULLAH

August 31st, 2013 - 01:08 GMT

U.N. chemical weapons inspectors leave Damascus

Syrian troops fire a heavy machine gun mounted on a pick-up truck in the Eastern Ghouta area on the northeastern outskirts of Damascus on August 30, 2013. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/SAM SKAINE

August 31st, 2013 - 10:28 GMT

Iranian delegation visits Syria

SYRIA, DERIK : Fighters of the Kurdish of the Committees for the Protection of the Kurdish People (YPG) stand in a trench on August 28, 2013 about 30 kms south of the Kurdish town of Derik (aka al-Malikiyah in Arabic), in northeastern Hasakeh governorate, on the border with Turkey and Iraq. AFP PHOTO ALICE MARTINS

August 31st, 2013 - 09:40 GMT

Syria expecting military strike "at any moment"

SYRIA, DAMASCUS : Syrians gather near vehicles of the United Nations (UN) arms experts as they inspect a site suspected of being hit by a deadly chemical weapons attack last week on August 28, 2013 in the Eastern Ghouta area on the northeastern outskirts of Damascus. AFP PHOTO /MOHAMED ABDULLAH

August 30th, 2013 - 06:16 GMT

U.N. disarmament envoy leaves Syria

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube by the Eastern Ghouta Media Centre on August 28, 2013 allegedly shows United Nations (UN) vehicles travelling to the site where rockets had fallen in Damascus' eastern Ghouta suburb during an investigation into a suspected chemical weapons strike near the capital. (AFP/YouTube)

August 28th, 2013 - 04:43 GMT

UN Security Council holds emergency meeting over Syria

UK Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted on Wednesday that the UK will give the UN Security Council a resolution for Syria later on Wednesday. (AFP/File)

August 28th, 2013 - 10:30 GMT

UK to give UN Security Council Syria resolution

A convoy of United Nations (UN) vehicles leave a hotel in Damascus on August 26, 2013 carrying UN inspectors travelling to the site of a suspected deadly chemical weapon attack the previous week in Ghouta, east of the capital. (AFP)

August 26th, 2013 - 11:33 GMT

UN team suspends mission after being targeted by snipers