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Venezuela's Guaido Expected More Military Defections

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido says he thought more troops would turn against President Nicolas Maduro during Tuesday's attempt to oust the embattled leader.

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Amid hostilities in Libya, 146 refugees evacuated to Italy

146 refugees were evacuated from Libya to Italy in a joint operation between UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Italian and Libyan authorities, on April 29. Italy is the first country to have stepped forward to receive evacuees from Libya since the...

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Five children reportedly executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

“UNICEF is alarmed at frequent reports of the execution of children in the Middle East and North Africa region. Such reports include five children who were executed in two separate incidents in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi...

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Grave concern over escalating humanitarian crisis, casualties, displacement across northwest Syria: UN

A young child walks through the streets in Aleppo, Syria. (April 2019)