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Aid Group: More Than 100 Migrants Die Off Libya Coast

More than 100 migrants in two rubber boats died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya in early September, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

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Egyptian death sentences a ‘gross miscarriage of justice’: UN human rights chief

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Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 3 September 2018.

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Human traffickers in Libya are posing as UN staff, says Refugee Agency

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Migrants sit on mattresses laid on the floor at a detention centre, located on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday 1 February 2017.

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Escalation of violence in Idlib could be deadly for children, UNICEF warns

A further escalation of fighting in Idlib, northwestern Syria, will put the lives of more than 1 million children at imminent risk, UNICEF said on Sep 07, 2018.

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‘Legally binding’ nuclear-test ban essential to prevent ‘catastrophic impact’ says UN chief

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Ruins of Nagasaki about 800 metres from the hypocenter in mid-October 1945.

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Breakthrough as humanitarian convoy reaches insecure areas in Wau, South Sudan

An inter-agency humanitarian convoy has reached Baggari region in South Sudan for the first time since it was cut off in June because of renewed fighting.

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Brazilian Far-Right Presidential Candidate Stabbed

Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has been stabbed during a campaign rally in Minas Gerais Thursday.

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ICC Claims Jurisdiction to Probe Alleged Crimes Against Rohingya

The International Criminal Court ruled Thursday it has jurisdiction to investigate the alleged forced mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh as a possible crime against humanity.

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166 Human Skulls Found in Mexican Mass Graves

Law enforcement officers in Mexico have found 166 human skulls in burial pits in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

Veracruz state prosecutor Jorge Winckler said the bodies had been in the mass graves, one of the biggest found in Mexico, for at least two years.

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Children May Be Forced to Flee Again as Idlib Offensive Looms

Hundreds of thousands of Syrian children who have already been forced to flee their homes once are once again at risk amid reports that preparations are being made for an offensive on Idlib province.