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Palestinian officials say a cease-fire with Israel has been agreed to by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

The agreement, reached with the help of Egyptian mediation, was to take effect at 01:30 UTC. So far the cease-fire seems to be holding.

Insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province led to more than 100,000 people fleeing their homes in April.

UN chief António Guterres

An Auxiliary Nurse Midwife performs critical ante-natal services in Shrawasti, India.

Militants fired a barrage of rockets Saturday from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip into southern Israel, the Israeli military said.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido says he thought more troops would turn against President Nicolas Maduro during Tuesday's attempt to oust the embattled leader.

146 refugees were evacuated from Libya to Italy in a joint operation between UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Italian and Libyan authorities, on April 29. Italy is the first country to have stepped forward to receive evacuees from Libya since the recent violence began. The evacuation was carried out in collaboration with the Libyan Ministry of Interior.

“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.

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

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.