UN chief to meet Obama

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon is scheduled to meet US President Barack Obama on August 4 in Washington over a host of issues, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here.

During their meeting, Ban and Obama "are expected to discuss various issues, including climate change, the post-2015 development agenda as well as the situations in Syria and Yemen, among many others", Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here on Friday.