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The Second Brussels Conference on "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region" took place on 24-25 April 2018. It was hosted by the European Union and co-chaired by the United Nations.

Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in Armenia's capital on Wednesday after planned talks between an opposition leader and the country's acting prime minister were canceled.

An Indian spiritual guru with millions of followers was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for raping a teenage girl.

Asaram Bapu, one of India's most charismatic and controversial "godmen," was sentenced at a closed hearing inside the prison where he is being held in the city of Jodhpur due to concerns his followers may resort to violence.

General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák (centre) chairs high-level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. He is flanked by Secretary-General Guterres (left) and Catherine Pollard, USG for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Management.

Nastaran Fekri (left) and Rita Butmann (striped shirt) teach a workshop class at the ReDI school in Berlin. Set up for refugees without computer access at home, the school’s three-month course in coding takes students with basic skills to the point where they can build their own online store.

Five-year-old Douglas Jacob, who was injured on 26 February 2018 by falling rocks which hit him on the head when a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, sits on a bed as he recovers at a hospital in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, 12 March 2018.

A mother and child beneath an instecticide-treated net in Tanzania.

The head of Armenia's opposition movement said Tuesday he is prepared to lead the country after Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian resigned following nearly two weeks of protests against his rule.

The Moldovan and Transdniestrian Chief Negotiators, Cristina Lesnic (l) and Vitaly Ignatiev (r), sign an agreement on the mechanism for the participation of vehicles from Transdniestria in international road traffic, Bender, 24 April 2018.

The Syria Humanitarian Fund allocated US $16.3 million to 21 projects to respond to people displaced from East Ghouta and Afrin. This allocation will finance food and nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, health, shelter and core relief items in addition to providing protection services to people in need.