Reports of renewed shelling on Monday challenged the recent ceasefire in the conflict over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces has raged for over three weeks.

The refugee crisis has sparked a partnership between two of the country's leading non-profit institutions: Sesame Workshop, creator of "Sesame Street", and the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a refugee assistance organization originally founded by Albert Einstein.

These organizations came together for the production of the new television show, "Ahlan Simsim," meaning "Welcome Sesame," in Jordan.  It stars a spunky purple girl Muppet named Basma, a boy Muppet, Jad, who has just moved into the neighborhood, and their pal and comedic sidekick, a mischievous baby goat.

Around 2,000 Nigerian youth were back on the streets in protest on Monday — blocking a main highway in the country's economic hub, Lagos, as they put added pressure on the government to concretely honor the pledge to dissolve the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). A police unit that has been accused of unlawful arrests, torture, and extra-judicial killings.

Rohingya refugees banished to Bhashan Char Island off Bangladesh’s southwestern coast have alleged they were beaten by the country’s officials for holding a hunger strike to demand better living conditions and to be reunited with their families in camps on the mainland.