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Political failures, lack of hope, at root of latest Israeli-Palestinian violence – UN deputy chief

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Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson addresses the Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

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‘Endless cycle of suffering’ must stop, Ban says in Ramallah, urging end to wave of violence in region

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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UN agency and European Union kick-off pledging conference to support return of Somali refugees

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Somali refugee children prepare to return to Mogadishu from the Dadaab camp in Kenya. UNHCR is supporting voluntary repatriations of Somali refugees from Kenya.

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Refugees face long cold and wet night at crowded Balkan border crossings

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Under the glare of a border light, some 2,000 refugees and migrants at Berkasovo, wait on the Serbian side of the border with Croatia.

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Central African Republic: Security Council condemns violence, reiterates decision to apply sanctions

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The St Michel church and adjacent priest’s house were torched during protests in Bangui sparked by the killing of a Muslim man.

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‘We must turn back from this dangerous abyss,’ Ban says in Israel on first day of visit to crisis-torn region

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at a press briefing in Jerusalem.

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UNHCR provides shelter to Iraqis uprooted by conflict in Anbar

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Children displaced from Central Iraq in Markasi camp, Ameriyat Al Fallujah, Anbar province.

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Number of sea arrivals in Greece hits half million mark

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Mother and children waiting with other refugees to enter Vinojug reception centre at Gevgelija.

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Iran: how the nuclear agreement could create opportunities

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(From left) Dr Rouzbeh Parsi and Ellie Geranmayeh during the hearing at the Parliament

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Common security challenges across Mediterranean require stronger co-operation mechanisms, say participants at 2015 OSCE Mediterranean conference

Challenges affecting the Mediterranean region require co-operative solutions as they cannot be effectively tackled by any single country alone, assess participants at the 2015 Annual OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Jordan.