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Protesters, Police Clash at Iranian Demonstration Over Water

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

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Two shipwrecks add to ‘alarming increase’ in migrant deaths off Libya coast: IOM

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The Italian Navy rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

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4 Killed in Attack on French-Malian Patrol in North Mali

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

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UNHCR appalled by the loss of life at sea off the coast of Libya

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.

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African Union Leaders Open 2-Day Summit

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.

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Hostilities in Syria’s southwest, mean cuts in vital aid across Jordanian border: Senior UN official

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

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‘Agile’, multilateral response vital to combat terrorism – UN chief Guterres

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.

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Italy Blocks EU Summit Agreements Over Migration

Italy has blocked the adoption of any agreements at the European Union summit in Brussels, demanding that the bloc do more to help Rome’s migration crisis.

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Hundreds Arrested at Senate Office Building Protest

Hundreds of protesters were arrested Thursday after staging a sit-in at a U.S. Senate office building in Washington to protest the Trump administration's immigration policy.

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Save the Children-Supported Schools Bombed amid Escalating Violence as 50,000 Displaced in Southern Syria

A Save the Children-supported education facility reaching 536 students in Dara’a, Syria was badly damaged in the last week after being hit in an airstrike, just hours after classes had to be suspended for security reasons amid escalating violence. In a separate incident, at another school run by Save the Children’s partner organization Olive Branch, a guard was injured in an airstrike when he went to check on the facility and later died of his wounds.