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The faces of young girls held captive by Islamist militants have fueled anger and shock around the world and raised questions about why more Muslim leaders have not come forward in their defense.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague say the United States and European Union will hit Russia with far tougher economic sanctions if it tries to disrupt next week's presidential election in Ukraine. Kerry and Hague discussed the crisis in Ukraine Thursday in London with foreign ministers from France, Italy, and Germany.

Internally displaced people shelter at the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, one of the three countries which experienced the highest levels of new displacement in 2013.

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are planning to disrupt the country’s presidential election scheduled for May 25, but Ukrainian officials maintain that the polls will be held.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left, at lectern) addresses the opening of the Global Forum on Migration and Development in Stockholm, Sweden.

A major workers' union in Turkey has called for a nationwide strike on Thursday, as the death toll in the country's worst-ever mine disaster rose to 282.

A riot at a Taiwanese steel plant in Vietnam has killed at least one Chinese worker, as thousands across the country protest against a Chinese oil rig in disputed waters of the South China Sea.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) at daily press briefing where he announced the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi, the Joint United Nations-League of Arab States Special Representative on the Syrian crisis.

Many schools have been damaged in the sectarian violence in the Central African Republic and families are still too scared to send their children back to classes.

Thousands of Vietnamese workers have staged anti-China protests over Beijing's decision to locate an oil rig in waters of the South China Sea also claimed by Hanoi.