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A peacekeeper monitors the Green Hill area in Naqoura, Lebanon.

Lebanon: Another peacekeeper dies in new attack

A Serbian peacekeeper serving in Lebanon died early Thursday after mortar fire on his position near Marjayoun in the country’s southeast, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has announced.
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Refugees from Sudan wait to collect aid items in a border village in Chad (file).

World News in Brief: UN scales up Ebola response, refugees ‘exiled’ in Africa, Political tensions escalate in Somalia

A data centre in Ireland.

AI’s environmental costs threaten water, land and climate

Planet over Profit is a widely-used slogan in environmental protests worldwide.

Killed for speaking up: UN sounds alarm over attacks on environmental defenders

Destroyed buildings in Harasta, Ghouta. A suburb of Damascus, Ghouta was the site of a deadly chemical weapons attack in August 2013.

Undeclared chemical weapons found in Syria, including type used in notorious Ghouta massacre

Inspector Stephanie Königs on patrol at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in South Sudan.

Building trust on patrol: One police officer’s peacekeeping journey in South Sudan

Pregnant and lactating women wait in line at a health clinic in central Afghanistan to receive medical and psychosocial support.

From food lines in Somalia to clinics in Afghanistan, Hormuz crisis sends shockwaves through global aid networks

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