By: Dustin Johnson

Read some of the top stories we are following around the world this week.

Syrian children ‘pushed to the brink’ after worst atrocities since war began

Somali pirates release oil tanker and crew after first hijack for five years

More than 1,500 children dead in two years of Yemen war: UN

Philippine armed group sets free child soldiers

White House Seeks to Cut Billions in Funding for United Nations