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Cambodian Ruling Party Faces Little Challenge in Sunday's Election

Cambodians vote Sunday for all 125 seats in the country's National Assembly, with Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party largely expected to stay in power. The party has won the four previous elections, held at five-year intervals.

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Pakistan: UN chief condemns suicide attack that killed dozens near polling station

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Street scene in Quetta, Baluchistan province, Pakistan.

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Children affected by floods in Laos need urgent support

UNICEF and partners working to save lives and reach the most vulnerable children

UNICEF is working with the Government of Lao PDR and development partners to provide essential support and services to around 6,331 people, including children, affected by the floods in Attapeu province (Southern Laos).

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UN, Egypt help avert another Israel-Palestine war in Gaza that was ‘minutes away’, Security Council hears

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A Palestinian girl inside her family’s partially destroyed home, looks at the destruction outside, in the Shejaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City.

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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lilly Singh visits South Africa to meet students affected by violence in school

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Lilly Singh, travelled to South Africa this week to meet children who are speaking out on classroom violence and bullying, as part of UNICEF’s work to end violence in schools.

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Trump 'Appreciates' Signs N. Korea Dismantling Launch Site

President Donald Trump has praised recent satellite images showing North Korea beginning the process of dismantling key facilities at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station on the country's northwest coast.

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Israeli Military Downs Syrian Warplane

The Israeli military said it shot down a Syrian warplane Tuesday after it entered Israeli airspace.

Israeli military spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said the Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet approached Israel at a "relatively high speed" before the Israeli military fired two Patriot interceptor missiles at the jet after it entered Israeli territory.

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South Sudan: Humanitarian Coordinator condemns attacks on aid workers, facilities in Maban

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. for South Sudan, Adnan Khan, has strongly condemned attacks on aid workers and facilities in Bunj, Maban County in Upper Nile.

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Former Macron Security Aide Claims He Was Trying to Help Police

A former senior security aide for French President Emmanuel Macron is insisting he was trying to help police when he was caught on video assaulting a protester at a May Day demonstration.

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Trump Warns Iranian President 'Never Threaten the US'

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to "never threaten the United States," in a Twitter comment that came shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a speech critical of Iran's leaders.