Ban Ki-moon On Isis

The Syrian conflict has acted like a greenhouse for extremist groups which are now spreading "like a cancer", the UN chief said on Friday, urging greater cooperation to prevent radicalisation.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called on the Iraqi government on Saturday to step up efforts to foster reconciliation between the nation's Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim communities in order to combat ISIS.

Thirty-four militant groups from around the world had reportedly pledged allegiance to the ISIS terror group as of mid-December - and that number will only grow in 2016, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report on Friday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appealed for a shift from "heavy-handed" responses to the rise of extremists like the ISIS group as he launched an action plan to prevent violent extremism.

Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity, UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said, days after North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a nuclear device and terrorist outfits like the ISIS and al-Qaeda have openly expressed their desire for the weapon.

A massive truck bomb exploded near a police base in the western Libyan town of Zliten on Thursday, killing at least 60 policemen and wounding around 200 others, officials said.

An onslaught on a convoy transferring inmates north of Baghdad left dozens dead, as visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Iraq's survival hinged on a more inclusive government.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged countries to enforce an international arms embargo and economic sanctions on the Islamic State militant group in a bid to weaken the insurgency that has taken control of large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern for crisis hit Iraq, media reported on Monday.

The Syrian conflict has acted like a greenhouse for extremist groups which are now spreading "like a cancer", the UN chief said on Friday, urging greater cooperation to prevent radicalisation.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called on the Iraqi government on Saturday to step up efforts to foster reconciliation between the nation's Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim communities in order to combat ISIS.

Thirty-four militant groups from around the world had reportedly pledged allegiance to the ISIS terror group as of mid-December - and that number will only grow in 2016, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report on Friday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appealed for a shift from "heavy-handed" responses to the rise of extremists like the ISIS group as he launched an action plan to prevent violent extremism.

Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity, UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said, days after North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a nuclear device and terrorist outfits like the ISIS and al-Qaeda have openly expressed their desire for the weapon.

A massive truck bomb exploded near a police base in the western Libyan town of Zliten on Thursday, killing at least 60 policemen and wounding around 200 others, officials said.

An onslaught on a convoy transferring inmates north of Baghdad left dozens dead, as visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Iraq's survival hinged on a more inclusive government.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged countries to enforce an international arms embargo and economic sanctions on the Islamic State militant group in a bid to weaken the insurgency that has taken control of large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern for crisis hit Iraq, media reported on Monday.