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Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says Russia has pulled more than two-thirds of its forces out of eastern Ukraine.

Japan's nuclear regulator has given final approval to restart two reactors shut down following the Fukushima nuclear meltdown three years ago.

President Barack Obama is preparing to lay out his strategy against militants of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria when he delivers an address to Americans Wednesday night.

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.