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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the formation of a new Government after nearly five months of disagreement between the country’s various political groups, saying the move was an important step towards establishing a functional administration.

The Defense Department is streamlining the way it administers the foreign military sales program, including testing a concept to get pre-approvals for requests for high-demand technologies such as unmanned aerial systems, the director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said June 10.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, French Navy Adm. Edouard Guillaud, chief of Defense Staff, center, and British Gen. Sir David Richards, chief of Defense Staff, right, leave Lancaster House in London, June 10, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors adopted a resolution in Vienna, co-sponsored by fourteen nations, finding Syria in noncompliance with its international nuclear obligations. This is an important step given the troubling findings in the IAEA’s latest report -- including Syria’s demonstrated refusal to cooperate with the IAEA investigation and its attempts to construct a secret nuclear reactor with the assistance of North Korea. We fully welcome the IAEA's actions today to address this issue with the seriousness it deserves.

Olympic athlete and FAO Goodwill Ambassador Carl Lewis

Syrians protest in Damascus on 24 April 2011

Displaced children in Jalozai Camp

The United States condemns the burning and vandalizing of a mosque in the West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir today. This attack is the latest of several such acts of violence against West Bank mosques.

Chinese explorer Zheng He sailed on diplomatic and business missions in the early 1400s, reaching as far as northeast Africa. This sculpture of Zheng He is on display in the Asian Reading Room at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

Robert King, the U.S. envoy for North Korean human rights, arrives in Pyongyang on May 24. King raised the Eddie Jun case with North Korean officials during his visit.