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A child sits at her desk at a UNICEF-supported government primary school, in Douala, Cameroon.

Trash at a beach in Bali where the UN Environment Programme launched the Clean Seas Campaign.

“The latest escalation in northeast Syria brings a renewed urgency for governments to repatriate foreign children stranded in the area before it is too late. National governments have the responsibility and opportunity now to do the right thing and bring these children and their parents home where they can receive adequate care and be safe from violence and abuse.

Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press after addressing the ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.

Hong Kong Police fired tear gas Thursday on masked pro-democracy protesters and Halloween revelers in the territory's nightlife district.

An eleven-member delegation of the World Bank Group Executive Directors (EDs) visited Nepal from October 29 to November 2, to gain a comprehensive perspective of Nepal’s current development status and future opportunities. The visit marked the 50th year of World Bank Group-Nepal engagement, with the first World Bank credit in Nepal approved by the Board on November 4, 1969. The trip was part of a larger visit to the South Asia Region that will also include stops in Bangladesh and Maldives.

China will "improve" the way Hong Kong's leader and other officials are appointed and replaced, a Chinese official said Friday.

Islamic State has confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, days after President Donald Trump announced the terrorist leader was killed during a U.S. military raid in Syria.

Less than a week after the Africa-Russia Summit, Facebook has suspended three networks of Russian accounts it says were engaging in foreign interference in Africa.

As of early Thursday, India lost one state and gained two federal territories as part of the government’s effort to take control of years of insurgency.