The U.N. secretary general has thrown his weight behind the ongoing talks between North Korea and the U.S. over the former’s nuclear disarmament, stressing that Pyongyang must be denuclearized in an "irreversible" and "verifiable" way to prevent another Hiroshima or Nagasaki incident from happening.
![UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. [jagranjosh]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/Ban-ki-moon.jpg?itok=UuuaAJPb "UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. [jagranjosh]")
![Yemeni soldiers patrol a street after a suicide car bombing at the defence ministry in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on December 5, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/453701543.jpg?itok=HVTxOjD1 "Yemeni soldiers patrol a street after a suicide car bombing at the defence ministry in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on December 5, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![Maaloula's cathedral and churches empty of Christians as Syria's latest fight ensues. [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/maaloula-fighting-refugees-damascus.jpg?itok=EaTcLsON "Maaloula's cathedral and churches empty of Christians as Syria's latest fight ensues. [Reuters]")
![Syria has rejected the exclusion of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from political transition in the country. [Getty Images/Sasha Mordovets]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/98963545.jpg?itok=4lIVRsBc "Syria has rejected the exclusion of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from political transition in the country. [Getty Images/Sasha Mordovets]")
![Ban condemns Iran embassy attack in Beirut. [fotostory / Shutterstock.com]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/shutterstock_109743356_1.jpg?itok=EDrHuC0Y "Ban condemns Iran embassy attack in Beirut. [fotostory / Shutterstock.com]")
