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Ethiopia, Eritrea Sign Joint Declaration of Peace

The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed an agreement that formally ends one of one of Africa’s longest, most intractable conflicts.

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Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on conclusion of formal consultations on the global compact on refugees

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A young refugee girl who fled the fighting that began on 7 July 2016 in South Sudan, checks her pot of food at the the newly established Pagarinya 2 camp in Adjumani District, northern Uganda.

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Mosul’s Children Haunted by Constant Fear and Intense Sorrow One Year after the City was Retaken from ISIS

One year since ISIS was expelled from Mosul, the city’s children are living in near constant fear for their lives, and are often reliving memories of devastation, displacement, bombing and extreme violence, a new report from Save the Children reveals.

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24 Killed in Mexico Fireworks Explosion

Several first responders were among 24 people killed in a series of explosions at fireworks workshops in a town just north of Mexico City.

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Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation in South West Syria

I am gravely concerned for the civilian population caught in the crossfire in South West Syria, including airstrikes and heavy shelling. An estimated 750,000 lives are in danger. More than 320,000 people are now displaced and most are living in dire and insecure conditions, including some 60,000 people camped at the Nasib/Jaber border crossing with Jordan.

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Data exchanges: Strengthening Europol cooperation with non-EU countries

MEPs stress need for personal data safeguards ahead of talks with eight non-EU countries to strengthen cooperation with Europol.

The aim of strengthening cooperation is to prevent and combat terrorism and organized crime, and to better address migration-related challenges such as the facilitation of irregular migration and trafficking in human beings.

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UN officials call for an end to West Bank demolitions and respect for international law

On July 5, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, the Head of West Bank Operations for UNRWA, Mr. Scott Anderson, and the Head of the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. James Heenan, expressed serious concern over demolitions and related events in vulnerable Palestinian communities in the central West Bank

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Walesa Urges Poles to Vote Out Right-Wing Government

Protests against a new law forcing more than a third of Supreme Court justices to step down continued across Poland Wednesday.

Nobel Prize-winning Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was among the marchers in Warsaw. He told a cheering crowd outside the Supreme Court that the country's right-wing leaders must go.

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OSCE’s work in mine action and global efforts to address threat posed by land mines in focus at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation

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Speakers of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting address the Security Dialogue on the role of mine action in all phases of the conflict cycle, Vienna, 4 July 2018.

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Puerto Ricans Displaced by Hurricane Cleared to Stay in Temp Housing Through July 24

A U.S. federal judge has extended by 20 days the housing aid program helping Puerto Ricans still unable to return home after last year’s Hurricane Maria damaged thousands of homes as well as the U.S. territory’s power grid.