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UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld holding a press conference at UN Headquarters on 24 March 1960.

Turkey has freed eight human rights activists, pending the outcome of their trials for alleged terrorism.

Senior members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly are in Italy this week exploring challenges, exchanging experiences and assessing strategies related to developing a comprehensive response to large movements of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean.

Since October 2016, inter-communal tensions fueled by armed groups have continuously increased. In the absence of an effective judicial system and of the delivery of State services, armed groups have continued perpetrating violent and destabilizing acts, of which the civilian population is the main victim.

In a month’s time, children from around the world will be taking over key roles in media, politics, business, sport and entertainment to voice their support for millions of their peers who are unschooled, unprotected and uprooted, UNICEF said on Oct 24. The takeover, set for November 20, marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the mobilisation of the first World Children’s Day.

Co-operation in migration management is the focus of the annual OSCE Mediterranean Conference taking place on 24 and 25 October in Palermo, Italy.

Secretary-General António Guterres visits wounded peacekeepers serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).

Sarmina Begum, 20, from Myanmar holds her 10-monh-old daughter Dil Yahara.

The European Commission is continuing its fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing worldwide by warning Vietnam, with a "yellow card", about the risk of it being identified as a non-cooperating country.

The European Commission has announced a €106 million support package - €46 million in humanitarian assistance and €60 million for development - to directly assist people in Sudan affected by forced displacement, undernutrition, disease outbreaks and recurrent extreme climatic conditions.