Scores of children were among the casualties following a bomb attack on a Government building in the Afghan capital of Kabul today, that hit nearby schools. The bombing was described by Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, as “horrific.”

More than 1.4 million displaced people in over 60 refugee hosting countries will need resettlement next year, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Monday, while also supporting a call for far greater protection for vulnerable LGBTI individuals seeking asylum.

Hundreds of migrants at an El Paso, Texas, detention centre have been held in unsanitary conditions, including being kept outside, according to NBC News, citing US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents.

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said the economic sanctions imposed by the US against the Islamic Republic are hampering its efforts to serve refugees and asylum seekers.

A publishing company in New Brunswick, Canada, has terminated its contract with cartoonist Michael de Adder after a drawing he did of President Donald Trump standing over the bodies of two drowned migrants went viral on social media.

UN chief Antonio Guterres said climate-related devastation was striking the planet on a weekly basis and warned Sunday that urgent action must be taken to avoid a catastrophe.

Israeli regime forces arrested Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem al-Quds Affairs Fadi al-Hadmi during a raid on his home in the occupied city.

Hong Kong’s political standoff continued on Monday as protesters blocked roads and clashed with police ahead of a planned mass protest on the anniversary of the city’s return to mainland China.

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned a terrorist bomb attack on a military camp in south of the Philippines that killed and wounded several soldiers on Friday.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi lashed out at Washington for using sanctions and economic terrorism instead of diplomacy, reiterating that Tehran will welcome diplomacy with diplomacy and reject talks under pressures.