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UN peacekeepers on patrol in Kidal, Mali.

Thailand's Army Chief has declared martial law following months of political turmoil, but insists he is not seizing power through a military coup. In the capital, Bangkok, troops moved in to take up positions at the main political rally sites, television stations, and key transport routes to the city.

An outbreak of violence in Libya's two largest cities has sparked fears of an imminent civil war in the country that has been ruled by rival militias since the ouster of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.

The United Nations flag above part of the UN Common Compound, used by UN humanitarian agencies and their partners, in Mogadishu, Somalia in December 2011.

Emergency officials in Colombia say at least 31 children were burned to death when their bus caught fire near the city of Fundacion.

A suicide car bomber killed at least four people Sunday in a Christian neighborhood of the northern Nigerian city of Kano.

Civic education officials visit communities to explain voting procedures ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections on 13 April, 2014.

The Convention on Conventional Weapons expert meeting on lethal autonomous weapons at the United Nations in Geneva, May 14, 2014.

French President Francois Hollande says the Nigeria-based Boko Haram militant group has become a threat to all of West and Central Africa and a "comprehensive plan" must be established to fight it.

Special Representative Said Djinnit.