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A UNICEF-chartered cargo aircraft loaded with 52 metric tonnes of humanitarian supplies touched down in Bangui, Central African Republic.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his profound concern about the direction in which the transition in Egypt is moving and reiterated his strong condemnation of the upsurge of violence that has led to scores of people killed and hundreds others injured.

Heng Samrin, president of Cambodia's National Assembly casts his vote in Kampong Cham, July 28, 2013.

Malian authorities are saluting what they say was a historic voter turnout in the country's presidential election. No major issues were raised during the vote. The election is seen as the first step toward getting Mali back on its feet after a disastrous 18 month political crisis and an Islamist takeover of the north.

Internet is widely used for the spread of illicit drugs.

The Al Maqwa oil fields set ablaze by the occupation forces of Iraq in 1991.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) addresses the Security Council. At right is United States Secretary of State John Kerry.

Taliban militants in Pakistan have claimed responsibility for unprecedented suicide gun-and-bomb attack on a regional headquarters facility of the country’s main spy agency.

U.S. company Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico three years ago.

Joint Special Representative and head of the African Union and UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, briefs the Security Council.