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A Save the Children partner in Syria has been able to deliver blankets and warm clothing to hundreds of besieged residents in Eastern Ghouta. These winter kits, which include a large double blanket, warm socks, thermal underwear and woollen hats and scarves for children and adults, came from existing stock and not from a UN aid convoy that arrived on March 5.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about the safety of a group of vulnerable Rohingya women, men, and children from Myanmar, who have been living in a so-called “no man’s land” near the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh since the end of August 2017. UNHCR is closely following the developments after they were reportedly ordered to vacate the area by the Myanmar authorities.

The deadline for resolving the fates of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants known by some as "Dreamers" came and went Monday with no action by Congress or the White House.

Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), briefs members of the media in Vienna.

With thousands in need of life-saving aid, a convoy consisting of 46 truckloads of health and nutrition supplies will provide some relief.

Girls who have fought child marriage go to school using a transport facility provided in the village of Berhabad, India.

Special envoys from South Korean President Moon Jae-in headed to North Korea Monday to convey his message concerning denuclearization and a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska called Sunday for either substantial changes in the government or snap elections in the wake of the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancee.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed Sunday that his military's offensive against rebels in the Damascus suburb of east Ghouta will continue, even while U.S. and British leaders accuse him of creating a humanitarian disaster.

Male Lion at the Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya.