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As Nagorno-Karabakh violence flares, Ban urges 'immediate end to fighting'

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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Preparations underway 'at full speed' for intra-Yemeni peace talks, says UN envoy

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The aftermath of a bombing by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

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World Bank Approves $100 Million for Urban Water Supply Modernization in Karnataka, India

Continuous, piped water supply to one million residents in Hubballi-Dharwad, including to 160,000 slum-dwellers

The World Bank will support the efforts of Hubballi-Dharwad, the second largest urban centre in Karnataka, to become one of the first Indian cities to provide citywide, continuous, piped water supply to its residents.

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Civilians remain at risk in South Sudan, despite peace agreements, Security Council told

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Displaced women sit in the ashes of their shelter which was burnt during the fighting and fires on 17 and 18 2016 February in the UN Protection of Civilians site in Malakal, South Sudan.

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UN Secretary General says more help needed for Syrian refugees

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joins United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at a high-level conference in Geneva calling for more options for Syrian refugees.

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Schulz: A settlement in Cyprus would be a message of hope for all of Europe

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President Schulz addressing the House of Representatives of Cyprus

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UN calls for more 'equitable' responsibility-sharing to relieve plight of Syrian refugees

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Members of a Syrian family register as refugees in northern Lebanon.

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Food insecurity drives more South Sudanese to Sudan

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A displaced South Sudanese woman holds a foraged palm tree root near Thonyor, South Sudan.

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Yemen’s children on the brink as country risks becoming a failed state

Six children are killed or injured every day and children as young as 10 years old recruited to fight

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One in 10 Syrian refugees will need resettling, UN agency warns ahead of conference

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Syrian children, including one who is barefoot, stand atop the muddy ground in the Bab Al Salame camp for internally displaced persons, near the border with Turkey, in Aleppo Governorate.