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The United Nations has started to deliver humanitarian aid by air into Syria from northern Iraq.

General Assembly listens as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presents the final report from Åke Sellström, head of the UN team investigating the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria.

About a week after deadly clashes killed hundreds and displaced many tens of thousands in the capital city of Central African Republic, the largest humanitarian cargo flight arrived in Bangui carrying 77 metric tons of UNICEF emergency supplies.

At least eight people were killed in Bangladesh on Sunday in clashes between police and rioting activists of an Islamic party who were protesting the execution of one of their leaders.

In a conciliatory move toward protesters, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has suspended his deputy security council chief and the head of the Kyiv city administration for their suspected involvement in a violent police crackdown on demonstrators last month.

Displaced civilians in the Central African Republic (CAR) find shelter in a church in the capital Bangui.

The chairman of the U.S. Senate committee that has crafted existing sanctions against Iran is speaking out against new penalties while international negotiations continue to limit Tehran’s nuclear program.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) receives final report from Åke Sellström, head of the UN team investigating the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria.

Bangladesh's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the death sentence of an Islamist opposition leader convicted of war crimes, clearing the way for his execution.

“Go to Russia, Go to Russia,” chanted protesters as three buses loaded with Ukrainian riot police slowly retreated from their unsuccessful attack on pro-European protesters occupying Kyiv’s City Hall.