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Tens of thousands of desperate people are attempting to cross the Mediterranean and reach Europe in dangerous boats like these in Libya.

Heroin seizures in Iran.

(From left): Syed Kamall, Taslima Nasreen, debate moderator Catherine Vuylsteke and Rudi Vranckx

A UN Refugee Agency team has interviewed survivors of an overcrowded boat that sank in the Mediterranean in what could be one of the worst tragedies involving refugees and migrants in the last 12 months.

A provisional agreement to open up the EU market for domestic passenger rail transport and to ensure equal conditions for railway companies was reached by European Parliament and Council negotiators on Tuesday evening. It aims to boost the quality of services offered to passengers and to improve the performance of the rail sector.

A young boy in his classroom in northern Bulgaria.

The Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace, The Hague, seat of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during solemn sitting to mark the Court’s 70th anniversary.

Syrian refugee Khaled carries trays of potatoes at a farm in the Jordan valley.

A woman refugee from South Sudan stands outside a shelter in Bitima village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Amendments tabled by Parliament's lead MEP to a Commission proposal to revise the EU firearms directive will be discussed in the Internal Market Committee on Wednesday at around 11.20. The committee chair and rapporteur on this file, Vicky Ford (ECR, UK), says that any changes to the directive must strike a balance between the right to own certain types of firearms and controls appropriate to the risk they present.