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Delivering aid to displaced Syrians increasingly hazardous, says UN refugee agency

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A Syrian refugee registers with a UNHCR staff member in Lebanon to receive assistance.

Ban calls for de-escalation of tensions amid new violence in Gaza and southern Israel

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for an immediate de-escalation of tensions amid the new wave of violence in Gaza and southern Israel, which has resulted in several Palestinian deaths, including civilians, and wounded...

Darfur: UN-African Union envoy urges combatants to accept that continued violence is a ‘dead end’

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Acting Joint Special Representative and Joint Chief Mediator of UNAMID Aïchatou Mindaoudou.

Heavy Casualties Reported in Ambush on Kenyan Police

Gunmen in northern Kenya have killed at least 34 police officers who were hunting for cattle rustlers. Kenyan police say the officers were ambushed Saturday as their truck drove through the remote northern Baragoi district.