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UN agency envoy Cate Blanchett warns of ‘race against time’ as Rohingya refugee camps brace for monsoon rains

As heavy rains and potential cyclones threaten more than one hundred thousand Rohingya refugees living in congested settlements in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, United Nations refugee agency envoy Cate Blanchett is urging increased international support...

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To cultivate art and mind is also to cultivate peace, UNESCO chief says on World Poetry Day

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Children reading a panegyric during a festival in Timbuktu, Mali.

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Bread for the World Welcomes Food for Peace Modernization Act

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Use of chemical weapons in Syria: EU adds 4 persons to sanctions list

On 19 March 2018, the Council added 4 persons to the list of those targeted by EU restrictive measures against the Syrian regime. The EU added these 4 persons for their role in the development and use of chemical weapons against the civilian...

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