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Twelve teenage soccer players and their adult coach have been found alive in a cave in Thailand nine days after they went missing.

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller speaks with a woman who has recently arrived at a transit shelter supported by UNHCR in Flores, Guatemala.

A Philippine mayor known for parading suspected drug dealers in public was shot and killed Monday during an outdoor ceremony.

Iranian state media reported clashes late Sunday between police and people protesting water shortages and pollution in southwestern Iran.

The Italian Navy rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

Four civilians were killed in an attack targeting a French patrol in Mali Sunday, according to the country's Defense Ministry.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened at the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea. On 29 June, at least 100 people died after a boat carrying around 123 refugees and migrants sank off the coast of Tajoura in Libya.

Thirty African leaders are meeting in Mauritania for a two-day summit focusing on fighting corruption and dealing with the continent's humanitarian and security crises.

Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the UN Special Envoy for Syria briefs the press in Geneva.

The complex and evolving nature of terrorism necessitates a response that is as agile and multifaceted as the threat itself, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Thursday.