Aid for education needs to increase six-fold to bring quality universal education to all by 2030. 09/06/2016 09:57 am ET. Emma Batha. Defne Karadeniz via Getty Images. JARABLUS, SYRIA - AUGUST 31: Boys sit in front of their homes in the border town of ...

Indian laborers dig a pit to bury a one-horned rhino that was killed and dehorned by poachers at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, about 55 kilometers (34 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. (AP Photo). GENEVA (AP) — About 3,000 ...

Cyprien Fabre works in the Regional Support Office for West Africa of the Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, part of the European Commission (the executive body of the European Union). He recently spent time in Kenema and ...

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: President Barack Obama speaks at the Phoenix Awards Dinner for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc. at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on September 27, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ...

"O crusaders, you have realized the threat of the Islamic State, but you have not become aware of the cure, and you will not discover the cure because there is no cure. If you fight it, it becomes stronger and tougher. If you leave it alone, it grows and expands.

At 4:25 p.m. EDT today, weather permitting, a multinational crew of three astronauts will be launched into space to begin a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The crew includes Elena Serova, Russia's first female cosmonaut to ...

For the last two years, writer and photographer Tommy Trenchard has been documenting life in Sierra Leone -- one of the three West African countries hardest hit by the world's worst Ebola outbreak. Trenchard shared with us his photos documenting the ...

A Liberian Red Cross health worker wearing a protective suit disinfects a courtyard under the eyes of citizens after the body of a victim of the Ebola virus was found on September 10, 2014 in a district of Monrovia. (ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images) | ZOOM ...

Syrians are seen around an attacked area after Asad regime forces' airstrikes killed at least 50 people, including children and women, and injured more than 200 others in Douma district of Damascus, Syria on September 11, 2014. (Photo by Yousef ...

African Union troops arrive in an armoured vehicle during an attack on the Somali parliament in Mogadishu, on May 24, 2014. Somalia's Shebab rebels launched a major attack on the national parliament today, setting off a car bomb and penetrating the ...

Until recently, few people took seriously the possibility that Scotland might actually secede from the United Kingdom. However, with a referendum scheduled for September 18, the latest polls show secession in the lead for the first time, and gaining dramatic ...

As the special islands summit draws to a close here in Samoa, I hope global leaders have not only seen for themselves the beauty of our islands but also that they have heard our calls for durable partnerships to deal with the major global problem of our time ...

As the special islands summit draws to a close here in Samoa, I hope global leaders have not only seen for themselves the beauty of our islands but also that they have heard our calls for durable partnerships to deal with the major global problem of our time ...

Liberian health workers spray disinfectant outside a house before entering and removing the body of a man that they believe died from the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. | ASSOCIATED PRESS. Share · Tweet · 0. Email. Comment.

Computer screens show seismic activity from the Bardarbunga volcanic eruption at the Icelandic met office in Reykjavik on August 23, 2014. (HALLDOR KOLBEINS/AFP/Getty Images) | HALLDOR KOLBEINS via Getty Images. Share · Tweet. Email. Comment.

Wars inevitably spark change. That is no truer than in the war in Gaza no matter what Hamas and Israel say. The signs of changing attitudes of Israel and Hamas towards one another go significantly beyond the fact that the two sworn enemies who refuse to ...

WASHINGTON -- Some of the very lawmakers who have taken the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness and money for ALS research voted for legislation that defunded ALS research. These contradictory decisions don't necessarily make the lawmakers ...

FERGUSON, UNITED STATES - AUGUST 18: Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol speaks to media during a protest on August 18, 2014 for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer on August 9 in Ferguson, United States. Captain ...

President Barack Obama speaks about developments in Iraq, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Chilmark, Mass., during his family vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Obama welcomed new leadership in Iraq as "a promising step forward" Monday amid a ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 29: Robin Williams attends the CW, CBS And Showtime 2013 Summer TCA Party on July 29, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) | Jason Kempin via Getty Images. Share · Tweet. Email.