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Protests in Mexico over 43 students missing since September continue to escalate, reflecting growing anger among Mexicans about a political system they view as corrupt, and increasingly tainted by the drug trade. Mounting outrage over the disappearances is now focused on the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto, which is being accused of not doing enough to end insecurity in the country.

Boko Haram's brief occupation of Chibok last week showed that no part of northeastern Nigerian is safe from the insurgency — not even the town where the militants kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls earlier this year.

With Israel vowing to use “a heavy hand” in response to Tuesday’s attack on a synagogue by two Palestinians that left four Israelis dead and six wounded, the violence has taken on renewed and dangerous dimensions, analysts say.

The number of people killed in terrorist attacks jumped more than 60 percent from 2012 to 2013, due largely to unrest in the Middle East and Nigeria, a report released Tuesday found.

UNICEF mourns the sudden death of our colleague and friend, Mr. Marcel Rudasingwa.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Security Council meets on the situation in Iraq.

An unexploded bomb on the way to Tabit from Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur.

The European Union has imposed fresh sanctions on Ukrainian separatists, but is holding back on new sanctions against Russia. Decision by EU foreign ministers taken amid deepening tensions between the West and Russia.

France said one of its citizens is among the Islamic State militants who participated in killing American aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig.