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“Up to 180,000 people are estimated to have fled the recent wave of violence in southern Syria. UNICEF estimates that half of them are children. According to reports, many of these children and their families continue to be cut off from basic lifesaving humanitarian assistance.

While a new recommitment to cease fire that came into effect on 1 July has brought an immediate decrease in violence, a comprehensive ceasefire is yet to be reached, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), Ertugrul Apakan, said in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on July 19.

A state of emergency imposed in Turkey following the failed 2016 coup to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expired.

The end of the decree, which came in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday morning, marked a pledge made by President Erdogan during his successful re-election bid last month.

The European Commission has decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to fully implement the Capital Requirements Directive (Directive 2013/36/EU).

In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Moussa Faki, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, sign a Framework Agreement between the two organizations.

Marie Chatardová, President of the Economic and Social Council, addresses the opening of the Ministerial segment of 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

Israel’s parliament early Thursday passed a highly controversial law that states only Jews in Israel have the right to self-determination and encourages Jewish settlement.

On July 18, the Commission has decided to fine Google 4.34 billion euros for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has engaged in illegal practices to cement its dominant market position in internet search. It must put an effective end to this conduct within 90 days or face penalty payments.

Ethiopia's main airline has resumed commercial flights to neighboring Eritrea, the latest sign of normalized ties between the longtime foes.

Left to right: Somali Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Gulaid, USG for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of Somalia and EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the Somalia Partnership Forum in Brussels, Belgium.