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Urging swift probe into 'act of terror,' UN special envoy condemns attack against Palestinian politician

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Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov.

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Fearing rough seas, refugees chance Bulgaria land route

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Aveno, a 24-year old widow from Qamishli, Syria, sits on a bed with her two children at a refugee processing centre in Harmanli...

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UNHCR concerned at reports of sexual violence against refugee women and children

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Young refugee women wait for a train at train station in Tovarnik, Croatia.

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Declaration of the Synod of Bishops on the situation in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine

During this morning's General Congregation, during Vespers for the conclusion of the Synod, the Synod Fathers launched a new appeal for peace and the resolution of conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine, asking the international Community to...

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