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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the commitment by six Central American countries and Mexico to strengthen their efforts to address and prevent forced displacement in their region, in line with the spirit of solidarity and shared responsibility set out in the Global Compact on Refugees.

U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Marco Rubio said on November 14, they have begun an effort to get quick passage of a bill that would require the U.S. to verify whether Hong Kong should continue to receive special treatment by the U.S.

Citizens rally at the Plaza San Francisco in La Paz, Bolivia.

Villagers grow rain-fed rice in Beung Kiat Ngong wetlands, Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Rimal neighborhood in the centre of Gaza City with smoke rising after 4 May 2019 Israeli airstrikes.

UN Iraq Special Representative, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, visits Tahrir Square in Baghdad to talk to protesters.

Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the Paris Peace Forum in Paris, France.

Protesters on the streets of La Paz, Bolivia.

Iran’s nuclear agency Thursday announced resumption of uranium enrichment at the country’s underground Fordow nuclear facility, a site where, under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, it had agreed not to carry out any enrichment or enrichment-related research.

The International Criminal Court sentenced former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda to 30 years in prison Thursday for war crimes and crimes against humanity.