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Close to 8,000 people killed in eastern Ukraine, says UN human rights report

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Five-year-old Nikita, whose father was killed during shelling while returning home from work, stands at his window in a district in the city of Pervomaysk in Donetsk Oblast (December 2014).

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At Serbian border, flow of refugees continued unabated into Hungary

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Seven months pregnant and weary after the long journey from Iraq, Najibah crossed from Serbia into Hungary with her husband Ali on 7 September 2015. Along the way, the baby went into distress.

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As third victim of West Bank arson attack dies, UN envoy urges end to extremist violence 'on all sides'

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Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov.

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Safeguarding the cultural heritage of Syria and Iraq is essential for future peace, say senior UN officials

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The Syrian archaeological site of Palmyra.

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Migrants put Europe to the test

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European Parliament President Martin Schulz opens September plenary session in Strasbourg

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Syrian Refugees Struggle to Reach Family in Malta

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Ali, 23 and Mohamed*, 23, from Palmira, check their phone; their only connection to their families back home. (Names changed for protection purposes)

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Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support internally displaced persons in Yemen

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed memorandum of understanding with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support the internally displaced persons in Yemen. The $31-million MoU was signed on Sunday, at the Center's headquarters in Riyadh, between Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah – adviser at the Royal Court and general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Work, and Dr. Nabil Othman – UNHCR Acting Regional Representative for the GCC.

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In phone calls on migration crisis, Ban urges European leaders to 'be voice of those in need of protection'

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A child looks out of the window of a train near Gevgelija, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Families seeking refuge from conflict in their homelands are traveling by train from Gevgelija to the border with Serbia, after crossing the border with Greece.

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UNHCR applauds Austria and Germany as refugees march across Hungary

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Syrian children wearing colourful blankets provided by Austrian volunteers and other refugees at dawn wait patiently for permission to take transport onwards into Austria.

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Europe's growing refugee and migration crisis on show in Hungary.

An angry confrontation between police and refugees on a blocked train just outside Budapest; a makeshift camp of stranded Syrians, Afghans and others at the capital's main railway station; more than 2,000 refugees crossing into the country from Serbia each day – the contours of Europe's refugee and migration crisis are growing and shifting.