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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura briefs the press. At left is Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

In early April 2015, an air strike hit a military site on Faj Attan Mountain, high above Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, causing fire and a large plume of smoke.

Iraqis displaced from Ramadi District in Anbar Governorate.

Iraqis displaced from Ramadi District in Anbar Governorate.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and General Assembly President Sam Kutesa plant a tree to remember the countless victims who lost their lives in the Second World War.

In Bangui, the leader of an armed group signs agreement to release children

If Russia does not apply the Minsk ceasefire deals in full and return Crimea to Ukraine, the EU should step up sanctions and consider the possibility of providing Ukraine with defensive arms, say Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in a resolution voted on Monday. Returning Crimea is vital to the EU’s long-run cooperation with Russia and EU countries must also step up their own defence capabilities, says the text, which looks at Black Sea Basin military changes since Russia illegally annexed Crimea.

A boy sits amid rubble, all that remains of his home, which was destroyed in an air strike in Okash Village, near Sana’a, the capital of Yemen.

Overly broad intellectual property (IP) laws in Russia, Colombia, and Pakistan—which U.S. trade regulators say aren’t tough enough—stifle access to innovation and threaten artists, students, and creators around the globe with prison, censorship, and state prosecution, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said in a new report released on April 30.

In a settlement agreement with the Navajo Nation, the U.S. will place $13.2 million into an environmental response trust to pay for the evaluations of 16 priority abandoned uranium mines located across Navajo lands. The investigation of these sites is a necessary step before final cleanup decisions can be made. The work to be conducted is subject to the approval of the Navajo Nation as the lead agency and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the supporting agency.