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The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday in favor of a 30-day cease-fire in Syria, and demanded immediate lifting of sieges on war-ravaged enclaves like eastern Ghouta, where, Secretary-General António Guterres warned earlier this week, some 400,000 people are living “in hell on earth.”

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has completed a week of training for the Information Management and Analytical Centre (IMAC) staff of Tajikistan’s Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence.

The United Nations humanitarian chief on Thursday called for action by the Security Council to halt the appalling destruction of Syria’s eastern Ghouta, where nearly 300 people have reportedly been killed in just the past few days, as “bombs and mortars have rained down on bakeries and medical facilities.”

A Rohingya refugee baby holds on to its mother after reaching the shores of Bangladesh after crossing by boat from Myanmar, in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, November 2017.

Human Rights Watch has accused Somali government authorities of abusing children who are allegedly associated with militant group al-Shabab.

Florida high school students say they will not let state lawmakers' rejection of a bill to ban assault rifles stop them from taking their fight to the state capital.

U.S. officials say Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to meet with officials from North Korea earlier this month, but North Korea canceled the meeting at the last minute.

A Syrian war monitor says pro-government strikes Tuesday in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta have killed more than 100 people.

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) addresses the media at a press conference in Minsk, Belarus.

Congolese refugee child during the registration process in Kyangwali reception centre.