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A strong explosion has hit a police headquarters in Egypt's Nile Delta region, killing at least 14 people and injuring 100 others.

Under-Secretary-General and ESCAP Executive Secretary Noeleen Heyzer.

UNMISS peacekeepers have been assisting displaced civilians in South Sudan by providing protection, building sanitation facilities and giving medical support.

Civilians streaming into the UNMISS compound in Bor, capital of Jonglei state, South Sudan, seeking refuge from the violence.

Thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand blocked access to an election registration center in Bangkok Monday in an effort to prevent parties from registering for an upcoming general election.

In eastern Syria, students are reported among the dead from a car bomb explosion near a primary school in the province of Homs.

2013 was a challenging year for President Barack Obama in foreign policy.

Visiting Tacloban, Philippines, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon surveys damage left by Typhoon Haiyan.

The United Nations refugee agency warned that 2013 is on track for some of the highest levels of forced displacement ever seen, owing to unusually large numbers of new refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs).

Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party has announced that it will boycott February's general election.