Article 1 of the UN Charter reads: "To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace." As the United Nations, United States and Security Council ...

Syrian refugee Amir al-Awad (R) watches as Adel Bazmawi (C) teaches martial arts to youth at the academy in Egypt's second city of Alexandria on January 4, 2018. The academy is squeezed into just 30 square metres (320 square feet), in a modestly equipped hall at the bottom of a residential building in the Alexandria neighbourhood. The academy's founders began the project in 2016 with just 3,000 Egyptian pounds (about $430 at the time). KHALED DESOUKI / AFP

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights report that government airstrikes in the Damascus suburbs has killed at least 98 people on Monday. The monitoring group says this was the deadliest day the area known as East Ghouta has faced in three years. It was reported that 20 children and 15 women were among those killed on Monday Feb. 20, 2018.

Supporters of Hezbollah in Lebanon gather as he delivers a televised speech during a ceremony held by the Shiite party in the capital Beirut, commemorating the party's killed leaders, on Feb.16, 2018. Lebanese Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered a televised speech during a ceremony held by the Shiite party in the capital Beirut, commemorating the party's killed leaders. This was shortly after Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met with the U.S. Secretary of State at the governmental palace in Beirut on Feb.15, 2018. Lebanese women carried portraits of slain Hezbollah ...

A former student armed with an AR-15 rifle opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Florida, killing at least 17 people on Feb. 14, 2018 in Parkland, Florida in a harrowing shooting spree that saw terrified students hiding in closets and under desks as they texted for help. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel identified the gunman as Nikolas Cruz, 19, a former student at High School in Parkland, Florida.

The 2018 Winter Olympics, or the official 23 Olympic Winter Games, kicked off over the weekend in South Korea's captial PyeongChang. Competitors from all over the world face off to get the gold, with a number of winners already rising up in the first few days of the multi-sport, international event.

SpaceX on Tuesday successfully launched the world’s most powerful rocket, Falcon Heavy. It carried the red Tesla Roadster car belonging to SpaceX – and Tesla – CEO Elon Musk, into orbit. Shortly after the launch, two of the rocket’s side boosters fell back to earth and successfully landed so they could be used again. The rocket launched at roughly 8:45 p.m. GMT from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

On Feb.1, 2018, a Sukhoi-25 fighter jet was shown flying over the Syrian city of Saraqib, southwest of Aleppo. Rebel fighters shot down a Russian plane over Syria's northwest Idlib province on Feb. 3, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, taking its Russian pilot captive. Rebel fighters shot down a Russian plane over Syria's northwest Idlib province on Feb. 3, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, taking its Russian pilot captive. This article has been adapted from its original source.

Toyota's driver Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar and his co-driver Matthieu Baumel of France get stuck in the sand dunes during Stage 4 of the Dakar 2018, in and around San Juan De Marcona, Peru, on January 9, 2018. FRANCK FIFE / AFP

A young football fan enters the pitch during the 2017 Gulf Cup of Nations football match between Kuwait and Oman at the Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad Stadium in Kuwait City on December 25, 2017. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 6, 2017 shows a general view of the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait City, one of the venues of the 23rd Gulf Cup, during a tour of the facilities by FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Despite being an unlikely host only weeks prior, Kuwait, record winner of the Gulf Cup with 10 championships, will return to hosting the 23rd edition of the championship on December 22 after FIFA lifted a suspension placed on the nation in 2015 over alleged government meddling in ...