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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today nominated a former mayor of Barcelona as the next head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting environmentally and socially sustainable cities and towns.

The top US commander in Iraq has said the US might have to return to Iraq if there is a failure by Iraqi security forces to control violence in the country.

People in China and North Korea have been trying to escape the rising waters of the Yalu River, which has risen quickly due to torrential rains.

The southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan is struggling to cope with an influx of flood displaced people from neighbouring Sindh Province, despite a growing number of camps.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sat down with Russian President Medvedev at the Russian president's summer residence near the Black Sea to talk about help for Afghanistan.

More flood aid has been promised to Pakistan by the US and EU.

The US has finally ended its combat operations in Iraq.

The upcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi are expected to bring a number of things to the city: athletes, tourists, and, less excitingly, traffic. To help monitor the situation, the Delhi Traffic Police (DTP) have started using Facebook to collect information about traffic violations. The project has recently caught a lot of attention from the mainstream media, social media and the common man in India.

The second annual Global Model United Nations conference, bringing together hundreds of students from more than 60 countries, wrapped up in the Malaysian capital today with a call by a senior official from the world body for greater dialogue and understanding.

The proposed Islamic center near ground zero has spurred intense debate, but it isn't the only U.S. mosque to trigger controversy.