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Five children reportedly executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

From Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa

“UNICEF is alarmed at frequent reports of the execution of children in the Middle East and North Africa region. Such reports include five children who were executed in two separate incidents in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the past two weeks.

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Grave concern over escalating humanitarian crisis, casualties, displacement across northwest Syria: UN

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A young child walks through the streets in Aleppo, Syria. (April 2019)

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Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks Prison in Britain

A London court has sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison for jumping bail seven years ago when he took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy.

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Social Media Users React as Indian Army Claims Yeti 'Footprint' Discovery

Much to the dismay of social media followers around the world, the Indian Army wrote on Twitter Tuesday that it found the Yeti.

“For the first time, an #IndianArmy Moutaineering Expedition Team has sited Mysterious Footprints of mythical beast 'Yeti' measuring 32x15 inches close to Makalu Base Camp on 09 April 2019,” the Indian Army wrote on Twitter.

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Bangladesh Police Say They Have Killed 2 Islamist Militants

Police in Bangladesh say security forces killed at least two people suspected of belonging to an Islamist militant group behind the 2016 attack on a Dhaka cafe.

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Hatred ‘a threat to everyone’, declares Guterres calling for global effort to end xenophobia and ‘loathsome rhetoric’

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres signs the book of condolence at the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in New York following terrorist attacks in April 2019 on churches in the south Asian country.

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‘Continuing absence’ of political solution to Israel-Palestine conflict ‘undermines and compounds’ UN efforts to end wholesale crisis

The UN is “continuing to address the humanitarian, economic and political crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” but efforts are continually undermined by the lack of any political progress towards a two-State solution, said the head of UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) on Monday.

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More than 300,000 Venezuelan children in Colombia need humanitarian assistance – UNICEF

UNICEF seeks to increase its current response budget from $5.7 million to $29 million

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On 25 April 2019 in Colombia, a baby rests on his mother's shoulder at the Friendly Space (CATM) in Cucuta, where UNICEF provides learning activities for migrant children and parents from Venezuela. The programme is supported by UNICEF, in coordination with OIM and the Colombian Chancellery.

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Work to make the world a better place: 5 things you need to know about ‘green jobs’

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Women in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia work in a greenhouse they built to increase the production capacity of vegetables they sell on the local market.

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15 Bodies, Including Those of 6 Children, Found After Sri Lanka Raids

Sri Lankan security forces have exchanged gunfire with an armed group in Kalmunai in the eastern region of the country.