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Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission on eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons programme Sigrid Kaag.

The White House said Monday that the United States will remain strongly committed to Iraq as it fights al-Qaida affiliated groups, but it said, again, that American troops will not return to Iraq.

I condemn the killing of Raad Yassin, Jamal Abdel Nasser, Mohamed Ahmad Al-Khatib, Wissam Al-Azzawi and Mohamed Abdel Hamid in an attack on Salaheddin TV in Tikrit, and of Omar Al-Dulaimy in the city of Ramadi,” the Director-General said.

Japan says it will provide nearly $100 million in additional aid for Burma, also known as Myanmar, to support the country's peace process.

Workers destroy illegal ivory in Dongguan, southern Guangdong province, China, Jan. 6, 2014.

Civilians at the UN House compound on the southwestern outskirts of Juba, South Sudan.

Displaced people in the CAR capital Bangui find refuge in the unfinished church at St. Paul Parish after fleeing clashes.

Bor, South Sudan

Surya P. Subedi, Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Cambodia.

Preliminary results Monday from the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh indicate the ruling Awami League has won the elections, although the outcome was never in doubt because the main opposition party boycotted the poll. Opposition protesters torched polling stations and destroyed ballots as violence across the country left at least 18 people dead.