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Many countries continue to face terrorism threats.

Syrian refugees receive supplies from UNHCR in northern Lebanon.

Turkey said Thursday it is stationing anti-aircraft batteries on its border with Syria following the downing of one of its warplanes.

Islamist politician Mohamed Morsi will be sworn in Saturday as Egypt's president - the result of a democratic election after a popular uprising toppled long time ruler Hosni Mubarak last year.

Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the League of Arab States on Syria.

UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and President of the General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser at the thematic debate on drugs and crime as a threat to development.

Syria's state-run news agency says an "armed terrorist group" killed three people during an attack on a pro-government television station.

Egyptian President-elect Mohamed Morsi will be sworn in Saturday, and the location of the ceremony will mark his first public challenge to the nation's powerful military.

ECOWAS and humanitarian partners in West Africa agreed today to further strengthen their existing collaboration on humanitarian and resilience issues for a more effective and sustainable response to the current and future Sahel crises.

A woman and her son at a site near Dungu in the DRC after they fled Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacks.