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Commemorating Nagasaki bombing, Ban lauds efforts to achieve nuclear-weapon-free world

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (front, left) and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek (beside Mr. Ban), solemnly lay a...

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Number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece soars 750 per cent over 2014

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A group of Syrian refugees arrive on the island of Lesbos after traveling in an inflatable raft from Turkey, near Skala...

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Yemen: UN official calls for scaling up efforts to meet 'staggering' humanitarian needs

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Residents of Sana’a, capital of Yemen, collecting water at one of the few public distribution points,...

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UNHCR calls for comprehensive response to the Calais situation

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Several thousand asylum seekers and migrants from Syria, Iraq, Ethiopia, Sudan, Pakistan and Afghanistan are living in...

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