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OSCE Chief Monitor Ertugrul Apakan urges restraint as security situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorates

As the security situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorates, Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), called for restraint and full adherence to the agreed ceasefire, on December 19.

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UNHCR releases recommendations to Bulgaria’s Council Presidency at a critical moment for asylum reform in the European Union

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on December 18 released a set of recommendations to the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU).

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UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria gravely concerned by ambush on convoy carrying humanitarian items in Borno State

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, strongly deplores the deadly ambush on a convoy carrying humanitarian food supplies for conflict-affected persons on Saturday 16 December, and expressed grave concern over the limitations that attacks of this nature may have on the delivery of life-saving supplies to people in need in north-east Nigeria.

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Power Outage Disrupts Atlanta Airport, One of the World's Busiest

A power outage at the international airport in the southern U.S. city of Atlanta has disrupted all flights in and out of the hub.

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India Still Hopeful of Arresting Islamic Scholar Despite Interpol’s Rejection of its Request

Interpol has canceled the Red Corner Notice it issued on the request of the Indian government against controversial Islamic scholar Zakir Naik, citing insufficient evidence against Naik. But India’s National Investigative Agency (NIA) said it will file a fresh request.

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UNHCR evacuates 74 vulnerable refugees from Libya to Niger

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UNHCR staff and Niger government officials meet refugees off an evacuation flight from Libya at Diori Hamani International Airport in the capital, Niamey, in November.

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Trump Set to Unveil First National Security Strategy

President Donald Trump is set to unveil on Monday his strategy to counter what he considers the most dire global threats to the United States.

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Erdogan Hopes to Open Embassy in East Jerusalem

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that Turkey hopes to open an embassy to a Palestinian state in East Jerusalem in the future..

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UNHCR’s Grandi appeals for urgent action as South Sudan crisis enters fifth year

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Newly arrived refugees from South Sudan wait for transport from Nadapal transit centre on the Kenyan border to Kakuma refugee camp.

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Children are the face of conflict-fuelled humanitarian tragedy in South Sudan – UNICEF

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A child carries his younger sister on his back. Both children are living on the street in Aweil, South Sudan.