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Security forces have ended a deadly siege at the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, in north western Pakistan, after a group of militants stormed the school as morning classes were getting underway.

EU countries should set up trust fund for Colombia, to help victims of its recently-ended 50-year internal conflict to seek truth, justice, and reparations and prosecute war criminals, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Wednesday. They praise the political effort, realism and perseverance shown by both the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in ending the conflict and urge the EU to support their peace-building efforts.

Abu Nuwar Bedouin community.

Two and a half million people in the Central African Republic (CAR) are facing hunger.

A group of children at the UNMISS Protection of Civilians (POC) camp in Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan.

EP President Martin Schulz welcoming EU Council President Donald Tusk for a lively debate on the December EU summit outcome and migration measures.

Boats on the shore along Bab el-Mandeb, the narrow strait separating Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The area is fenced to keep smugglers and kidnappers out.

A makeshift refugee shelter beside the highway east of Diffa, Niger.

A young girl stands outside a tent at the Vinojug reception centre for refugees and migrants in Gevgelija, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

With up to 3,000 refugees and migrants passing through Slovenia each day, UNICEF and the Government of Slovenia Tuesday announced a partnership aimed at improving the care and protection of children on the move.