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Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council (European Union).

Medical officials in Sudan say at least 27 people died in protests that broke out after the Khartoum government decided to cut fuel subsidies.

Forensic experts from Kenya and abroad have been scouring through the wreckage of Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, where the death toll from a four-day terrorist siege is expected to climb as more bodies are found.

Are allegations of the NSA misusing SWIFT banking data true and if so, should this lead to cooperation on terrorism being suspended? These are the questions dealt with during the third hearing of the civil liberties committee's inquiry into the electronic mass surveillance of Europeans on 24 September. If the SWIFT allegations are proved true, it could have consequences for the EU-US Terrorist Finance Tracking (TFTP) programme, which aims to detect terrorist plots and the people involved.

Cambodia's opposition is threatening a general strike as it expands its protest of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen's disputed election victory.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that he is open to a transparent and immediate dialogue with the United States and the West about Iran's nuclear program.

A primary school in Kampala, Uganda. Achieving universal primary education is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

John Ashe, President of the 68th General Assembly, addresses the opening of the General Debate.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran's new foreign minister, Javid Zarif, are set to talk later this week at the United Nations as part of a meeting of world powers concerned about Tehran's nuclear program. Some analysts believe this may be the first step in a significant thaw in U.S.-Iran relations.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack at a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and urged the perpetrators to be brought to justice as soon as possible.