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Fifteen year old Mohammad sits in front of the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan, where he lives with his family and goes to a UNICEF supported school. He fled in 2015 when the conflict in his hometown in the Golan Heights in south-western Syria intensified.

Photo shows other South Sudanese refugees aboard a boat in Ethiopia, November 2014.

As the resumption of dangerous sea journeys in the Bay of Bengal looms, countries in the region on Friday affirmed that the only way to reduce loss of life at sea is by working together on comprehensive and sustainable approaches to manage mixed migration movements.

Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien (right), refugee agency chief António Guterres (centre) and Director-General of WHO Margaret Chan (left) arrive for the launch of the Global Humanitarian Appeal 2016 to support people affected by disasters and conflicts.

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan Sunday condemned the recent killings of nine civilians when an explosive ordinance was fired into the village of Shahi Khil in Wardak on 4 December, allegedly by Afghan forces.

The 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council took place in a good, constructive and frank atmosphere, laying solid foundations for continuing dialogue on addressing Europe’s security challenges, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić earlier 5 December after the two-day meeting drew to a close.

Recent fighting between local groups (known as the "Arrow Boys") and the South Sudanese army in the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan has displaced over 4,000 people into a remote region of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

If you didn’t already know that Obama is a serial murderer, and that, for example, he has a “Terror Tuesday” meeting every week in the White House to choose the next round of murder victims from what are called “baseball cards,”—if you’re one of the few who has managed to remain ignorant of this for almost seven years,—then a decision handed down on Nov. 23 from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, will remind you of what the rest of us have long known.

Following the triple suicide attacks carried out on the island of Koulfoua on the Chadian side of Lake Chad on December 5, which left more than 30 dead and many more injured, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon condemned the brutal attacks stating that these “despicable acts demonstrate yet again the brutality of Boko Haram”.

To celebrate the power of the volunteerism, United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon is marking the International Volunteer Day by emphasizing that volunteering fosters creativity, “draws strength from our passions and connects us to those who need us most.”