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US Sanctions Turkey, Seeks Halt to Syria Offensive
U.S. President Donald Trump is pressuring Turkey to stop its offensive in northern Syria with calls for a cease-fire and sanctions against Turkish officials, as he plans to send a delegation led by Vice President Mike Pence to Ankara for talks to resolve the situation.
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UNHCR increases aid in north-east Syria
Displaced Syrians, who fled their homes in the border town of Ras al-Ain, receive humanitarian aid on October 12, 2019, in the town of Tal Tamr in the countryside of Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province.
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European States urged to do more to protect and support child refugees and migrants
A Syrian family from Idlib recently arrived on the Greek island of Lesvos and living in an olive grove next to Moria reception centre.
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Conflict, violence in Burkina Faso displaces nearly half a million people
A family displaced by violence within Burkina Faso finds shelter with relatives in Dori, May 2019.
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Watershed moment as countries step forward to tackle global statelessness
Two stateless Shona sisters wait to register for citizenship certificates at the District Commissioner’s office in Kinoo on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, June 2019.
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Rural women a ‘powerful force’ for global climate action: UN Secretary-General
Women forest conservation workers in the northern Bolivian Amazon.
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Protests Erupt After Spain Sentences Catalan Separatists Leaders
Thousands of protesters in Catalonia took to the streets Monday and blocked Barcelona's El Prat airport after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine separatist leaders to lengthy prison terms for their attempt to declare independence from Spain in 2017.
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Police, Journalists Held by Ecuador Protesters
The weeklong protests in Ecuador took an alarming turn Thursday when indigenous protesters took several police officers hostage and paraded them before an angry crowd in the capital Quito.
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Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF
In 2019, a girl eats lunch in the Hanaq Chuquibamba community in Peru.
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Nearly 70,000 children displaced as violence escalates in northeast Syria
On 11 October 2019 in the Syrian Arab Republic, a woman holds a child as families displaced from Ras Al-ain arrive in Tal Tamer, 75km southeast Ras of Al-ain, having fled escalating violence.
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Human Rights
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020