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UN says 2023 was deadliest year for migrants in a decade

Unprecedented numbers of migrant deaths were recorded last year across Africa (1,866) and Asia (2,138)

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At funeral of slain Gaza hostage, family call Israel PM 'enemy'

Hundreds of mourners came to pay their respects as Elgarat's black coffin topped with an Israeli flag was brought to Nir Oz on Monday

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Hamas says Gaza aid block impacts Israeli hostages

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip after Israel suspended the entry of supplies into the Palestinian territory

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Child victims of war spiked in 2023 amid Gaza, Sudan crises: UN report

Children play in the waters of the Gash River some 600 kilometres from Sudanese capital Khartoum on June 6, 2024

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Trump admin detains pro-Palestinian campus protest leader

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through Columbia University's campus in New York in October 2024

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Global sea ice cover hits record low in February as world continues hot streak

The Arctic has seen record monthly lows since December

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Only a functioning Palestinian state could replace UNRWA: agency chief

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini called a press conference in Geneva

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Global freedom drops sharply in 2023, study says

Electoral workers examine ballots while counting votes at a polling station in Cuenca, Ecuador, on October 15, 2023

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UAE attends BRICS sherpa meeting as Brazil plans next summit: What to know

The United Arab Emirates' assistant sherpa to BRICS, Khamis Al-Shemeili (far right), poses for the family photo at the first BRICS sherpa meeting: (L-R) South Africa's Xolisa Mfundiso Mabhongo, Russia's Sergey Ryabkov, Indonesia's Tri Tharyat, Ethiopia's Mamo Esmelealem Mihretu, China's Tian Bai, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, Brazil's Mauricio Lyrio, Egypt's Ragui Eletreby, India's Periasamy Kumaran, Iran's Majid Samadzadeh Saber, and Saudi Arabia's Ibrahim Alessa, in Brasilia, Feb. 25, 2025.

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Lebanon, Israel agree to border talks under US mediation: What to know

UNIFIL peacekeeping troops patrol the southern Lebanese village of Ramia near the southern border on March 5, 2025. Lebanese official media said two people were wounded on March 5 when Israeli drones attacked a vehicle in the south, a day after a deadly raid and despite a November 27 Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP) (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)