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A top U.S. official has defended the Obama administration’s response to the crisis in Ukraine, and has promised more sanctions against Russia if Kyiv loses more territory to separatists widely seen as backed by Moscow. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland testified on Capitol Hill, where a growing bipartisan chorus is urging tougher penalties against Russia before presidential elections in Ukraine, scheduled for May 25.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits the Tomping site of the UN Mission in South Sudan.

UNICEF calls on all parties to the Syrian conflict to stop the continuous spiral of deadly violence, which is taking an unacceptable toll on civilians, particularly children.

Egypt's former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood has no future in Egypt if he wins the country's presidential election later this month.

Over two hundred Nepalese peacekeepers arrive in Juba from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), to reinforce the military component of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is appearing before the country's Constitutional Court to face abuse of power charges that could see her removed from office.

Hundreds of people were killed when a landslide struck in Abi-Barik’s Nowabad area in north-eastern Afghanistan following heavy rainfall.

The United States is giving Nigeria counterterrorism assistance to help in the search for hundreds of girls kidnapped last month by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

A wide view of the Security Council in session (file photo).

The U.S. and Philippine militaries have launched a large, 10-day, annual military exercise amid increasing tensions in the disputed South China Sea.