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Cease-Fire Pact Remains in Effect in Syria’s Idlib

The cease-fire deal in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib remains in effect Sunday.

The pact is between Turkey, which backs some rebel groups, and Russia, which backs the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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Panama sees more than seven-fold increase in number of migrant children crossing through Darien Gap

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Romeu Mauricio and his son Jetfro (3) crossing the Darien dividing Colombia and Panama.

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US Sanctions Nicaraguan Police

The U.S. Thursday slapped sanctions on Nicaragua’s national police and three top police commissioners for what it calls serious human rights abuses against anti-government demonstrators.

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UN appeals for US$877 million for Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh

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Rohingya refugee children queue to draw water from a well in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, June 2018.

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