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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) receives final report from Åke Sellström, head of the UN team investigating the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria.

Bangladesh's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the death sentence of an Islamist opposition leader convicted of war crimes, clearing the way for his execution.

“Go to Russia, Go to Russia,” chanted protesters as three buses loaded with Ukrainian riot police slowly retreated from their unsuccessful attack on pro-European protesters occupying Kyiv’s City Hall.

Uranium converted from Russian nuclear warheads has provided an estimated 10 percent of U.S. electric power in recent years. The 20-year "Megatons to Megawatts" program has come to an end.

Chinese military trucks outside the Tarmo Monastery in Driru County, Tibetan Autonomous Region

Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda.

Civil conflict in the Central African Republic has displaced more than half a million people within the country in the last year.

Japan will set up a new amphibious military unit and deploy surveillance drones as part of its new defense plan in response to China's growing military power.

Displaced families in the Central African Republic (CAR) seek shelter at the Bangui airport fearing further attacks.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon payes tribute to Nelson Mandela at memorial service in South Africa.