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A former Al-Shabab fighter at a rehabilitation centre in Baidoa.

Hundreds of South Koreans have clashed with security forces in a village where the U.S. military is to start installing launchers of the U.S. anti-missile system designed to protect them against mounting threats from North Korea.

India’s army chief has warned the nation to be prepared for a possible two-front war — with China and Pakistan — at the same time.

Serbia will strive to strengthen the OSCE’s focus on politico-military security through negotiations and consultations on military security and stability in the OSCE area, said the country’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić as he opened the first session of the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) under Serbia’s Chairmanship in Vienna, on September 6.

Hurricane Matthew passed over Jeremie, Haiti, on 4 October 2016, a category 4 storm with heavy rains and winds. The country is bracing for Hurricane Irma.

Children were at school when the flooding occurred in Borborcombor, In Kroo Bay, Sierra Leone where UNICEF is providing emergency water, sanitation and hygiene supplies, including handwashing and toilet facilities, soap, detergent and cleaning materials.

People newly arrived in Cox’s Bazar from Myanmar queue up to receive an emergency ration of high-energy biscuits.

After talks with top officials and people left destitute by the crisis in Northeast Nigeria, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley hailed the massive and joint push by Nigerian authorities and humanitari-an workers to save lives, but warned the momentum must continue in the face of a complex and challenging emergency on Sep 06.

The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, called on the sides involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine to respect the freedom of movement of the OSCE SMM monitors, on September 6.