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Somali refugees wait on Yemen's Red Sea coast for transport to Aden.

Delivering food to people like these kids in Syria is getting harder and more dangerous every day.

Somali authorities say suicide bombings and assaults by al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants on Mogadishu's main court complex killed at least 22 people and wounded 18 others Sunday, breaking a fragile return to peace.

Special Representative Augustine Mahiga.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s suggestion of negotiations with North Korea has provoked a mixed reaction from U.S. lawmakers.

A British newspaper reports that British military scientists have found forensic evidence that chemical weapons were used in the conflict in Syria.

The Times of London newspaper quoted unnamed defense sources Saturday as saying a soil sample smuggled out of Syria proved a chemical weapon was used. The sources could not tell if the weapon was fired by Syrian government forces or rebels.

One source disagreed with reports that have said the weapons are a riot-control agent. The source said the weapons are something else but that it is not definite they are a sarin nerve agent.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with President Barack Obama of the US at the White House.

Refugee mothers from Sudan's Blue Nile State wait at a clinic in South Sudan to have their children measured for malnutrition and to vaccinate them against measles.

North Korean missile launch (2012)