World
Iraqi national flees for second time as bombs rain on adopted home of Yemen

Nora (eight years old, in blue dress) is the youngest of the three daughters of Husam and Nemah. In the background, sitting on a mattress, left to right: daughter Kholod (11 years old), mother Nemah and Asmaa (14 years old). Father Husam is sitting on the right.
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Net neutrality: four things to know about new rules being voted on
Net neutrality is crucial to the future development of the internet. It is the principle that all online traffic should be treated equally, regardless of the type of content or platforms involved. On 27 October MEPs are set to debate and vote on new rules on net neutrality, following an agreement reached with EU governments after two years of negotiations.
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Political failures, lack of hope, at root of latest Israeli-Palestinian violence – UN deputy chief

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mother and children waiting with other refugees to enter Vinojug reception centre at Gevgelija.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi

Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability

Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020

