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Pence Announces U.S. Embassy to Move to Jerusalem in 2019

After announcing the United States would move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, Vice President Mike Pence wraps up a four-day Middle East trip Tuesday by meeting with Israel's president and making visits to a Holocaust remembrance...

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Global report: 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2017

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Burundian women collect firewood outside Nyarugusu camp in Tanzania. The task takes hours and many women carry their babies...

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Statement on the death of 15 Syrians during an overnight storm while they were attempting to enter Lebanese territory

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A young Syrian refugee bundles up against the cold in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley in January 2016.

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OSCE PA President stresses support for Ukraine, urges ceasefire as critical step to save lives

Concluding a two-day visit to Kyiv on January 19, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) reiterated the steadfast support of the Parliamentary Assembly for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, within its...

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