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Germany is calling for European Union sanctions on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.

Bangladesh’s government approved the death penalty as the maximum sentence in rape cases Monday, following days of protests against a string of sexual assaults.

In response to an urgent need for greater debt transparency, the latest edition of the International Debt Statistics (IDS) report provides more detailed and more disaggregated data on external debt than ever before in its nearly 70-year history—including breakdowns of what each borrowing country owes to official and private creditors in each creditor country, and the expected month-by-month debt-service payments owed to them through 2021.

Dozens of protesters in Belarus were arrested Sunday during the 10th straight weekend of demonstrations against longtime authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Women protesters hold hands in solidarity over the disputed presidential election in Belarus.

Farmer Nurul Haque stands near his 13-year-old daughter in Bangladesh, saying he may have to pull her from school and marry her off to an older man because he has few financial options left.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants to return home all U.S. forces from Afghanistan before the end of the year, a deadline much sooner than one put forward by his administration earlier in the day.

Awa Sonta sits on a bed at the regional hospital in Djenne District, Mopti Region. She is recovering from delivery complications that resulted in the stillbirth of her baby. She had experienced three days of painful labour before being taken to a rural health centre in the village of Mougna, 15 kilometres from her home, on a cart pulled by two bulls ¬– the only transportation available.

Music is a powerful medium to disseminate messages to communities. Songs can be entertaining and equally educational, especially for children. This project comes as part of the UN Agencies Regional Joint Action Plan to support countries in the region to put in place policies and strategies that will ensure all children continue their learning in a safe environment, be it at home or in school. UN agencies aim to reach children, parents and teachers with motivational messages and credible information about returning to learning.

Ugandans in nine urban areas were at Crisis levels of food insecurity or worse for months leading to August because of negative impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown. The worst affected of were Gulu, Jinja and Kasese where nearly one in three people struggled to find nutritious food on a regular basis.