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Florida high school students say they will not let state lawmakers' rejection of a bill to ban assault rifles stop them from taking their fight to the state capital.

U.S. officials say Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to meet with officials from North Korea earlier this month, but North Korea canceled the meeting at the last minute.

A Syrian war monitor says pro-government strikes Tuesday in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta have killed more than 100 people.

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) addresses the media at a press conference in Minsk, Belarus.

Congolese refugee child during the registration process in Kyangwali reception centre.

Students in Primary Seven at Zanaki Primary School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, during an English language class.

On February 20, the Humanitarian Fund for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt HF) released approximately US $900,000 for health and food support over the next six months to around 140,000 Palestinians, almost half of them children, in dozens of West Bank communities, including in East Jerusalem.

Hosted by the Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB), a second meeting of experts to discuss ongoing OSCE research on trafficking in human beings for the purpose of terrorist activities concluded in Hammersmith, on February 19.

Inter-agency convoy to Duma, east Ghouta in the buffer-zone crossing the conflict line.

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.