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More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed last year in armed conflicts around the world, a U.N. report said this week.

More than 21,000 "grave violations" of children's rights were reported in 2017, a sharp increase from the year before, according to the annual Children and Armed Conflict report that was released Wednesday.

To achieve their goals and objectives, the countries of South East Europe must focus on their common interests, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (Georgia) said at a meeting of the European Leadership Network at the House of Lords in London on June 28.

Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan, at the 28th summit of the African Union (AU), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

A U.S. federal judge has ordered the government to reunite immigrant parents and children it separated after they crossed the border, as part of a preliminary injunction halting those separations unless the parent is unfit or presents a danger to the child.

A fishing boat heads to sea on the southern Mediterranean. Thousands of refugees and migrants have died while trying to reach Europe on rubber dinghies or small wooden boats like this one.

The governor of Nigeria's central Plateau state has revised the death toll from last weekend's clashes between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Chinese counterpart amid rising diplomatic, military and economic tensions between the two superpowers.

Ahead of a crucial European Council, during which EU leaders will discuss how to best deal with the influx of migrants and asylum-seekers, MEPs underline that Europe needs an effective Common European Asylum System that respects fundamental rights, paired with enhanced border controls and reinforced security.

Malaysian police say they have seized nearly $275 million in cash, jewelry and luxury handbags in raids on properties linked to scandal-tainted ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak.

Tadamichi Yamamoto (third from right), Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and UNAMA Human Rights Chief Danielle Bell host women’s rights activists to discuss women’s access to justice in the country, 30 May 2018.