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The leaders of the five countries bordering the Caspian Sea have signed a landmark agreement on its legal status.

The agreement signed Sunday in Aktau, Kazakhstan, by the presidents of Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan comes after more than 20 years of negotiations on how to divide the resources of the world's largest inland body of water.

The European Union is supporting biotech company Bavarian Nordic with a EUR 30m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The loan is guaranteed under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe, in which the EIB is the European Commission’s strategic partner.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, embroiled in a bitter dispute with the U.S., a NATO ally, contended Sunday the plunging value of his country's lira currency amounted to a "political plot" against Turkey.

“I can’t describe to you what’s happening here. We don’t have enough water or food and we live in fear,” says 12-year-old Rand in Idlib as she breaks into tears.

Venezuelan refugees and migrants at a shelter on the outskirts of Cúcuta, Colombia. Currently there is an influx of Venezuelans entering Ecuador, through the Colombian border.

Students from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, about half of whom are orphans and former street children and about one-third girls, play their instruments.

Secretary-General António Guterres folds origami cranes with young Japanese leaders at the Nagasaki Peace Memorial.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) held a special event to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week to highlight the importance of breastfeeding as key to children’s survival, nutrition and early development on Aug 10, 2018.

The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) will visit Niger from 15-18 August 2018, to highlight regional efforts to address the critical food and nutrition security situation in the Sahel.

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has granted a blanket amnesty to rival Riek Machar and other rebels.