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As thousands of refugees return from Cameroon to north-eastern Nigeria, straining the few existing services and creating a new emergency, the United Nations refugee agency is stepping up its response to improve conditions.

More than 9,000 children who have arrived at two temporary reception centres in a northern Angolan city from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need urgent support, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) said today.

Briefing the Security Council for the final time as the United Nations mission in Côte d&#39Ivoire draws down, the UN envoy for the country thanked the Government for its support and said that though more needs to be done, but the West African nation has shown its resolve for a peaceful, stable and prosperous future.

Warming oceans, depleting sea life and plastic pollution are on the agenda for next week&#39s ocean summit at the United Nations, which will call for urgent action to improve the health of the oceans, while also creating jobs and raising people out of poverty.

Underscoring the threats posed by climate change &#8211 those already apparent, as well as those sure to impact the future of the planet &#8211 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged Governments worldwide to &#8220stay the course&#8221 and remain committed to climate action.

As thousands of refugees return from Cameroon to north-eastern Nigeria, straining the few existing services and creating a new emergency, the United Nations refugee agency is stepping up its response to improve conditions.

As heavy fighting continues to drive large numbers of people from Mosul, the United Nations refugee agency today appealed for urgent support to meet the critical needs of vulnerable children, women and men displaced from and returning to the city.

More than 9,000 children who have arrived at two temporary reception centres in a northern Angolan city from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need urgent support, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) said today.

Strongly condemning the nuclear weapons and ballistic missile development activities of the Democratic People&#39s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations Security Council today decided to apply existing sanctions to 14 individuals and four entities.

With about 70,000 cholera cases reported with nearly 600 fatalities in Yemen, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) today warned that an already dire situation for children is turning into a disaster.

The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today called on protesters on the street of the nation&#39s capital to use restraint and avoid violence, while expressing his understanding of their frustration over a string of terrorist attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians in recent months.

Expressing concern at the violence and arrests that occurred as part of a wider crackdown on dissent in Bahrain, the top United Nations human rights official today called on the Government to promptly launch an independent, effective investigation into the deaths of protestors on 23 May.

The United Nations Mission in Colombia has said that it will comply with new deadlines agreed between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) for a weapon hand-in, now set for June 20.

June 1, 2017 (AIN SIRO) - The governor of North Darfur, Abdel Wahid Youssef, denied on Thursday the displacement of civilians from Ain Siro area after the recent fighting with armed groups in the state.

Youssef made the denial in a speech to the residents of Ain Siro and the Rapid support Forces where he arrived with RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (aka Hametti), and North Darfur security committee members.

The governor told the civilians to not listen to those who call them to go into displacement camps adding, "We will not allow anyone who attacks you or takes your belongings". Also, he called on the civilians to report any attack immediately to the government forces in the area.

Ali Adam Taher, an Ain Siro resident told Sudan Tribune two days ago that some RSF militiamen attacked them under the command of Mohamadine Arko Jalu, a former rebel commander who broke away from the SLM-Minni Arko Minnawi and joined the government.

"This commander has an old hatred with some people in those areas. The attack forced thousands of civilians to flee towards the mountains," Taher said.

"They live in difficult conditions, some in the mountains of Kula, Diri, Adri and Matarj," he said.

Also, leaders of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Girbil Ibrahim and the Sudan Liberation Movement-Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) Wednesday have accused government forces of committing mass crimes against civilians in more than 90 villages in North Darfur State.

The two rebel leaders stressed that Ain Siro area was the most affected by the attacks, saying the government forces and the RSF burned, looted and raped large numbers of girls and terrorised the residents by the intense and indiscriminate aerial bombardment.

However, RSF commander Hametti emphasised that there is no displacement from the area, adding that those who fled the fighting to the mountains returned to their villages and vowed to provide them with the needed protection.

"Our instructions are very clear and we will not accept any mistake. We have strongly advised you to give the needy and follow the straight path," he further said.

RSF Brigadier General Essam Saleh Fadil said that the Rapid Support Forces managed to seize 18 Land Cruiser vehicles, including two ambulances in the Ain Siro battle, in addition to sophisticated weapons in the hands of the armed groups.

"Among the seized weapons that indicate a new development in the arming of the Darfur rebels, the laser-guided rockets that hit their targets from incredible distances," he said.

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Key Points Since December 2016, Islamic State operations have intensified in both the Sinai Peninsula and Egypt's 'mainland', west of the Suez Canal. The incorporation of foreign fighters from Iraq, Libya, and Syria has increased the group's operational capabilities. In response to the 26 May 2017

US forces are building a database with serial numbers for weapons being delivered to Syrian Kurdish commanders, as well as information on the commanders themselves, as the transfer of arms begins ahead of the fight for the Syrian city of Al-Raqqah, a coalition spokesman told reporters on 1 June.

Pro-Syrian government forces continue to threaten the US-led coalition personnel who are training rebels at a base near the Jordan and Iraqi borders, coalition spokesman Colonel Ryan Dillon told reporters on 1 June. The coalition carried out an airstrike to halt an advance by pro-government forces

ARI 48/2017 - 2/6/2017
David Márquez Martín de la Leona

Con positivas cifras de membresía en las organizaciones internacionales, fiel reflejo de un tejido cultural poliédrico y conformado por las realidades culturales autonómicas, aún queda por avanzar en la involucración en la gobernanza de las mismas.

EVENT Philippine police said on 2 June that at least 37 people were killed when a lone assailant attacked the Resorts World Manila casino and hotel complex in the Philippine capital. Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde said that 36 people died from smoke inhalation as the assailant fired gunshots,

India and Russia have vowed to strengthen defence industrial co-operation as part of wider strategic engagement between the two countries. The pledge was expressed during the 18th annual India-Russia summit, which was held in St Petersburg on 1 June. Following meetings between Russian president