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A minute's silence at the opening of the April II plenary session

The intensifying violence in eastern Ukraine -- and fears of increased Russian involvement -- have gripped the attention of both the United States and Europe.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom (background, right) joins students during a Grade 6 English class, at Omar Bin Abdul Aziz Boys School in Irbid, Jordan.

Eastern Ukraine is on edge as acting president Oleksandr Turchynov in a televised speech Sunday threatened to launch what he called a "full-scale anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Russians who have seized government buildings.

Authorities in the central U.S. state of Kansas say a man is in custody after killing three people Sunday outside a Jewish community center and a Jewish retirement community.

The spokesman for South Sudan’s national army says President Salva Kiir’s government has no restrictions to purchase weapons from its international partners to protect lives and property as enshrined in the country’s constitution.

With the rainy season looming, UN agencies are racing against time to deliver emergency aid to South Sudan.

A close-up of UNOOSA space applications expert and astronaut Takao Doi aboard Columbia.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's visit to China this week highlighted a rapidly expanding effort between the two nations' militaries to boost ties, despite growing regional disputes. The trip also laid bare some of their sharp differences.