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The head of a leading Syrian rebel group was killed Tuesday along with at least 12 other people.

Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougu (left) addresses the Security Council.

Dutch investigators say Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 likely broke up mid-air over eastern Ukraine after being hit by numerous "high-energy objects."

A wide view of the Security Council in session.

Returnees to the eastern Ukranian town of Sloviansk cycle past buildings that were heavily damaged during the fighting earlier in 2014.

President Barack Obama will delay action on immigration until after the congressional midterm elections on November 4.

A group of internally displaced Iraqi girls queue for food at a community kitchen in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan's Dohuk governorate.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he will not give up the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared on a trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing six months ago.

United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power says the U.S. is concerned that extremists could get their hands on any undeclared chemical weapons in Syria.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department has opened a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the practices of the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of the midwest city of St. Louis.