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The United States and South Korea have criticized another round of North Korean short range missile launches, saying two more missiles were fired Monday.

With fresh outbreaks of fighting in South Sudan likely to displace tens of thousands of additional people, UNICEF said the emergency in the world’s newest nation risks becoming overwhelming. Nearly 900,000 people – half of them children – have already been forced from their homes in South Sudan.

Boris Tarasyuk, the Ukrainian government's special envoy for Crimea, told the foreign affairs committee on Monday that Ukraine needed the EU to sign the association agreement as quickly as possible. He called Russia's action "both intervention and aggression" and voiced his gratitude for MEPs' solidarity.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva.

Pakistan police said a gun and suicide bomb attack Monday on a court in the capital has killed 11 people, including two judges and several attorneys.

North Korea has fired two short-range missiles off its eastern coast, the second such launch in less than a week.

A wide view of the Security Council in session.

Authorities in northern Nigeria say Islamic militants are suspected of killing at least 74 people in separate attacks late Saturday.

Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson briefs Security Council on situation in Ukraine.