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Displaced children and women stand in Aleppo, Syria.

The United States is shutting down more than 20 embassies and consulates Sunday, and has issued a worldwide travel alert to U.S. citizens, warning of an al-Qaida terrorist threat.

Years into an economic crisis that has rocked the eurozone, European citizens are losing trust in their governments. A recent survey found that trust in political parties is at an all-time low with up to 90 percent in some countries saying politicians are affected by corruption. The survey comes as a number of top political figures in Italy, Spain, and France face allegations of fraud and tax evasion.

Edward Snowden isn't the first National Security Agency insider to leave the United States and spill spy agency secrets.

One of the buildings attacked by armed insurgents during their raids on Afghan institutions and foreign embassies in several provinces, including the capital Kabul.

Egypt's military-backed interim government has declared two Cairo vigils by backers of ousted President Mohamed Morsi "unacceptable threats" to national security.

After only 12 months a piece of desolate Jordanian desert is now home to some 120,000 Syrian refugees.

United States Secretary of State John Kerry.

Pau Gasol, two-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers and UNICEF Spanish Committee Ambassador since 2003, has returned from visiting Syrian refugees in Iraq.

Refugees cook a meal in Dadaab camp, Kenya.