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Brigadier Rob Thomson, Deputy Commander of Regional Command South West, embraces a senior Afghan official during the End of Operations Ceremony.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Egypt has declared a state of emergency in the northern Sinai after a terrorist attack Friday that killed at least 30 army soldiers. President Abdel Fattah al Sisi declared in a broadcast speech that Egypt is fighting a mortal battle against terrorists, and that the war will be long.

A Ukrainian mother poses with her daughter and a young friend in the room where she lives with her family in a centre for displaced people in Slavyansk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he does not see a desire by the Ukrainian government to settle the conflict in eastern Ukraine through dialogue.

Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi.

The U.S. military said Thursday that Iraq's military is "months" away from a major offensive to retake territory lost to the Islamic State group.

Tunisians go to the polls Sunday to elect a new assembly, in the second free election since the uprising that ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011. The vote is seen as a test of the transition to democracy amid a region in turmoil.

Concerns over the possible threats to the EU's internal security posed by Europeans returning home after fighting for the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) were raised by MEPs in a debate on Wednesday. Some called for a swift approval of the EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) proposal to better detect potential terrorists entering or leaving the EU. Most stressed, however, that all measures taken by the EU to tackle this problem must respect fundamental rights.