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Emotional scenes as South Sudan gains Olympic status
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - With an Olympic flag draped around his neck, the official from South Sudan couldn't contain his emotion.
View ArticleUN releases $70 million for humanitarian emergencies
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations is releasing $70 million from an emergency fund to provide humanitarian aid to millions of people forced from their homes by violence and instability from Sudan's...
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AP Interview: UN food aid chief says Syria funding 'bleak'
AMMAN, Jordan - Funding prospects are "bleak" and impoverished Syrian refugees face more cuts in food aid, the head of the World Food Program said in an interview, after inspecting the bare...
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UN social media campaign showcases humanitarian activism
UNITED NATIONS - Tennis star Maria Sharapova, British mogul Richard Branson and Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai have signed up. So have actor Ashley Judd, Colombian singer Juanes and Brazilian...
View ArticleDiscovery of grave from flu pandemic stops highway project
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pennsylvania - Officials say a highway construction project in eastern Pennsylvania has unearthed remains from victims of the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago and brought the work...
View ArticleUN approves statement aimed at restoring peace to Syria
UNITED NATIONS - The Security Council unanimously approved a statement backing intensive preparatory talks on key issues to restore peace to Syria on Monday, a sign of possible change in the U.N.'s...
View ArticleJuanes headlines UN Humanitarian Day event with new song
UNITED NATIONS - Musicians Juanes, Cody Simpson and Inna Modja are headlining a special event at the United Nations for World Humanitarian Day - and the Colombian singer is introducing a new song he...
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UN says Yemen on edge of famine from conflict, blocked ports
CAIRO - The war in Yemen has pushed the country to the brink of famine, with both commercial food imports and aid deliveries held up by the fighting and millions of hungry women and children facing...
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Wave of EU-bound migrants crosses into Serbia
MIRATOVAC, Serbia - Exhausted migrants by the thousands, some pushed in wheelchairs or on wheelbarrows, others hobbling on crutches or carrying young children, crossed on foot from Macedonia into...
View ArticleUN warns South Sudan of sanctions if peace deal isn't kept
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council warned South Sudan's feuding president and ex-vice president that it is ready to impose an arms embargo and sanctions if they don't immediately stop fighting...
View ArticleRussian parliamentarian calls US ban from conference illegal
UNITED NATIONS - The speaker of Russia's upper house of Parliament denounced U.S. sanctions banning her from attending a world conference as illegal and took aim at America's global status, telling...
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Venezuelan leader says Colombia plotting his assassination
BOGOTA, Colombia - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday accused Colombia's government of giving its consent to a plan to assassinate him as both countries try to rally regional support in a...
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Q&A: Syria's civil war at the root of migrant crisis
BEIRUT - A 3-year-old boy washes ashore on a Turkish beach. Seventy-one migrants suffocate in a truck in Austria. Daily scenes of chaos unfolding in European cities as governments try to halt a human...
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Refugees on train, police in 2nd day of standoff
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Refugees who had hoped to move on from Hungary are continuing to refuse to leave a train stopped near a center where authorities are demanding that they register.
View ArticleArgentina official says doors open to Syrian refugees
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's cabinet chief said on Friday that the South American nation is willing to welcome more Syrian refugees fleeing their country's civil war.
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East-West divide threatens timely EU refugee response
BRUSSELS - The tens of thousands of refugees rushing razor-wire borders or cramming into Germany-bound buses and trains have laid bare weaknesses in the European Union's migration policy and exposed a...
View ArticleAustralia to launch airstrikes in Syria, take more refugees
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia will launch airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria within days and resettle an additional 12,000 refugees from the deepening humanitarian and security crisis...
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New Venezuelan border closure strands cars, workers
PARAGUACHON, Colombia - Venezuela's sudden decision to close another major border crossing with Colombia has left workers, vacationers and members of a nomadic indigenous community stranded, and...
View ArticleGov. Baker: Massachusetts open to refugee shelter discussion
BOSTON - Gov. Charlie Baker said he's willing to talk with federal officials about the possibility that Massachusetts could shelter some Syrian refugees to help ease Europe's humanitarian crisis.
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White House: Obama wants to admit more Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON - The United States is making plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming budget year, a significant increase from the 1,500 people who have been cleared to resettle in the U.S....
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