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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Indian Council of World Affairs.

A minute of silence in the European Parliament hemicycle to pay triubute to the victims of Paris terrorism attacks #JeSuisCharlie

The Haitian government and the UN Operations have teamed up with project 16/6 - a rebuilding initiative that includes construction training programs.

Appalled by the escalating bloodshed at the hands of Boko Haram in northern Nigeria over the past week, capped by reports that suspected child suicide bombers attacked a crowded market in war-torn Borno state, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Anthony Lake, head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), have both strongly condemned the terrorist group's “depraved act.”

The possibility of an anti-bailout and anti-austerity government coming to power in Greece, led by coalition led by the left-wing Syriza party and the nationalist Independent Greeks, has sent terror through the European oligarchy, that their Eurozone, the Europe for the bankers, will collapse. It was in Greece, in 2010, that the imposition of brutal austerity began, in an attempt to save the hopelessly bankrupt European banking system. After Greece, came Ireland, Portugal, the fleecing of the savings of Cypriots, and bankers' governments in Spain and Italy. The Greek elections on Jan. 25 could be the beginning of the end of this nightmare.

With the Dec. 22 initiation of preparatory work for the western terminus of the Great Inter-Oceanic Canal across Nicaragua, one of the largest civil works projects ever undertaken on the planet is now underway.

What is Europe's role in the fight against terrorism, which is principally a national competence? What does the EU do to support Member States' efforts?

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discuss global issues on the margins of the 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit, India January 2015.

A destroyed house in Ahy Badr in the town of Mizdah in the Nafusa mountains in Libya after tribal conflict in March 2013.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has confirmed that an operation is under way to capture the two brothers suspected of shooting 12 people to death Wednesday at the Paris headquarters of the Paris magazine Charlie Hebdo.