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North Korea Frees US College Student Ahead of NBA Star Visit

North Korea has released from prison an American college student who was sentenced to a 15-year term for attempting to steal a propaganda poster in 2016, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.

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News comment on latest shipwrecks on Mediterranean Sea

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UNHCR staff wait at the port of Augusta in Sicily to disembark refugees found adrift in the Mediterranean Sea in May 2016.

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UN Refugee Agency chief seeks to deepen cooperation with China

China can play a key role in steering development efforts to help resolve refugee crises, said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, as he concluded his first official visit to Beijing on June 8th.

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Conflict and drought deepen food insecurity in Africa, Middle East – UN agency

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Community members transport humanitarian supplies delivered in Mayendit town, South...

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