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This photo shows Amal who is looking at her destroyed home in Sana’a, Yemen, after it was hit by an airstrike in April 2015.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers a key note address at the Argentine Council of Foreign Relations in Buenos Aires.

Families displaced by ongoing fighting seek shelter in the UN Protection of Civilians site in Wau, South Sudan.

Rose Lokonyen carries the Olympic flag and leads the Refugee Olympic Team during the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Games in Rio.

On July 12 (2016,) Helga Zepp-LaRouche issued an urgent appeal, “Deutsche Bank Must be Saved for the Sake of World Peace,” which called for a government recapitalization of that derivatives-laden bank, conditional on its immediately reversing its policies back to those of its murdered former Chairman Alfred Herrhausen. This campaign of Lyndon and Helga LaRouche is continuing and intensifying, and is finding a growing response internationally. What is at stake is either an uncontrolled world financial blowout leading to war,— or an orderly reorganization towards recovery.

•UK Prime Minister says options to share proceeds of shale should include money directly to residents
•previous proposals only included money for community trusts or councils
•UK Prime Minister pledges to make the principle of direct benefit to households a blueprint for other schemes
•this is part of her drive to deliver an economy that works for everyone

Members of the RAF training team carrying out training with the Nigerian Air Force.

The EU has experienced an unprecedented influx of migrants over the last few years. 74% of Europeans want the EU to do more to manage the situation, according to the latest Eurobarometer poll commissioned by the European Parliament. In addition two thirds of respondents said EU action on migration was insufficient. Read on to discover what measures the European Parliament is working on.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome).

UNHCR welcomes the San Jose Action Statement released on 4 August where nine countries from North and Central America vowed to work together to strengthen protection of refugees fleeing Central America, a landmark step ahead of UN and US summits next month on refugees and migrants.