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To stop money flowing to terrorists, EU countries should track suspicious transactions and charities, and share intelligence more proactively, urge MEPs.

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, the first lethal weaponry the U.S. has sold to Ukraine since Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014.

Despite the issuing of a high number of asylum decisions by national asylum systems in the EU+ and a resulting decrease in backlog, nearly half a million cases remain pending.

The United Nations World Food Programme urged governments in West Africa to invest more money in school meal programmes so these can act as a catalyst for improved economic and social welfare communities across the region on Mar 01, 2018. The call was made on African Day of School Feeding which is being celebrated for the third year in a row.

Slovak police on Thursday raided several houses belonging to suspected Italian Mafia members as part of their probe into the slaying of an investigative journalist.

Preventing violent conflict saves lives and money—up to US$70 billion per year on average, according to a study published by the World Bank and the United Nations, on March 1.

U.S. President Donald Trump hinted at a much tougher policy toward drug dealers, during a White House summit on the nation's opioid crisis.

Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, addresses the Security Council meeting.

Egypt’s top state prosecutor has ordered his staff to closely monitor all news and social media outlets and take action against any they deem to be “hurting national interests.”

U.S. President Donald Trump held a roundtable discussion on gun control Wednesday with a group of senators, during which he accused them of being "afraid" of the National Rifle Association, the powerful gun lobby.