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Hamouriya, east Ghouta, Syria. Bilal, 13, stands on the rubble of destroyed buildings in Hamouriya, east Ghouta.

The Iranian government acknowledged Sunday that 25 people had been killed during recent anti-government protests in cities throughout the country.

Hundreds of people took the streets of Tunisia's capital for a new demonstration Sunday, and in one district police fired tear gas to disperse dozens of stone-throwing youths on the seventh anniversary of the ousting of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

U.S. Homeland Security Chief Kirstjen Nielsen said Sunday it was "unfortunate" there was a false emergency alarm about an incoming missile in Hawaii, but said authorities are "all working to make sure it doesn’t happen again."

Earthjustice expresses deep disappointment with reports noting that President Trump referred to Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries as “shithole” countries.

Iraqi returnee family in the village of Wana, west of the city of Mosul, carry away relief kit supplied by the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Miroslav Lajčák President of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly, briefs on the Assembly's priorities for 2018.

Migrants wait in line to be registered in Berlin, Germany.

UNHCR staff and local authorities assist recently arrived Cameroonians seeking refuge in Obanliku, south-east Nigeria, October 2017.

While Congress and the White House debate the future of young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, a new survey shows Americans overwhelmingly think they should be allowed to stay and apply to be citizens.