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OSCE Special Representative Sajdik and Chief Monitor Apakan call for restraint and full adherence to ceasefire amid upsurge in violence

A recent upsurge in violence in eastern Ukraine threatens the lives and wellbeing of the civilian population and further undermines the ceasefire upon which their security and safety depend, said the OSCE Chairperson’s Special Representative to the...

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Study: Holocaust Fading from American Memory

As people around the world marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, once again promising to "never forget" the genocide that killed 6 million Jews during World War II, a new study shows Americans appear to be doing just that.

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Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Wins 7-Year Term on Top of 15 Served

Azerbaijan's longtime president, Ilham Aliyev, won a fourth term Wednesday in an election boycotted by the opposition.

Election officials said they expected Aliyev to finish with 86 percent of the vote.

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UNHCR Desperate Journeys report provides snapshot of changing refugee movements to Europe

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Refugee woman from Eritrea comforting her friend on the transfer bus at the airport in Italy.

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