Ban Ki-moon

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday told Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia - three countries that last week limited transit rights to migrants from war-torn states - that the restrictions violate human rights.

Two Russian warplanes violated Turkish national airspace for 17 seconds, flying 1.36 miles into Turkish borders on Nov. 24, Turkey has reported in a letter to the United Nations Security Council. According to the letter, one plane left Turkish territory after multiple warnings, while the other was fired at and subsequently downed by Turkish F-16 jets after ignoring the repeated warnings.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Russia and the United States on Nov. 22 to cooperate in rooting out terrorism and said he would unveil a comprehensive plan to fight extremism and violence early next year.

"All these terrorists and ideology extremists should be defeated in the name of humanity," he said at the annual East Asia Summit, this year hosted by Malaysia. 

The UN Security Council will meet in New York on Thursday to discuss UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon's latest report on Kosovo.

Serbia will be represented by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic.

The world needs "cool heads" to prevail and leaders to come together, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told the Hürriyet Daily News ahead of his arrival in the Turkish city of Antalya on Nov. 14 to attend the Group of 20 Summit.

The U.N. chief said he was looking forward to discussing the matter with leaders at the G-20.

US President Barack Obama said late on Nov. 13 attacks in France are an "outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians"

US President Barack Obama said late on Nov. 13 attacks in France are an "outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians."

French President Francois Hollande, at the Stade de France stadium at the time of the deadly attacks at seven destinations around Paris at dawn on Saturday, made a statement regarding the attacks:

Lebanon observed a national day of mourning on Nov. 13 after two suicide bombs the day before killed 43 people in southern Beirut, in an act the United Nations condemned overnight as "despicable."

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stresses in his latest report on Kosovo the importance of establishing the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO).

World leaders and others will enjoy full security and comfort during next week's G-20 Summit that will be held in the Belek resort of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast, a presidential spokesman has said.