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The United Nations has resumed food drops in the Syrian Deir al-Zor. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced Tuesday.

The next round in the led peace talks being held in Geneva by the United Nations, was postponed. This said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Friday. He talked with rebels and other opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The year 2016 was the warmest in the history of the recorded climate. That the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations announced Wednesday.

The UN have stopped dropping food to the Syrian Deir al-Zor because of heavy fighting in the city in the east of the country. The last time the aircraft of the World Food Programme (WFP) of the UN brought stocks was Sunday.

The European Union will in April host a major international conference on the future of Syria, together with the United Nations. That said EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini Monday after consultation of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

Turkish President Erdogan stressed Friday that Turkish troops remain on the island of Cyprus. The ruling casts a shadow over the current discussions between the two sides in the war-torn island. That must reunite Cyprus after more than forty years.

Refugees and migrants dying from the cold wave in Europe and governments must do more to help. With that message came the refugee agency of the United Nations (UNHCR) on Friday.

The consultations leading to the unification of Cyprus, showing 'encouraging progress.' A quick solution to the many obstacles should not be expected yet.

Smoking costs the world economy is likely more than one trillion dollars (about 944 billion) per year. This is evident from study published Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US National Cancer Institute.

Representatives of the Greek and Turkish communities in Cyprus start Monday in Geneva to the final stage of talks on reunification. Since 1974, life separated the two groups on the island after Turkish troops occupied the northern part.

Nearly 7,500 migrants in 2016 killed during their trip to Europe. The majority of the refugees died during the crossing of the Mediterranean. Reported that the IOM, the International Organization for Migration.

UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has responded positively to the cease-fire that various warring parties Thursday agreed in Syria. He said he hoped that through being prevented civilian lives and to deliver relief supplies is possible thanks to the agreement.

This year, already 5,000 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean, a record number according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Throughout 2015 there were just under 3,800 deaths.

The United Nations has received permission from the Syrian government to send more observers to eastern Aleppo. Since the twenty UN staff go the evacuation of the rebel enclave monitors, said a spokesman for the organization Tuesday.

The minors detained in an orphanage in eastern Aleppo have been brought to safety. This was announced by the UN organization UNICEF on Monday. ' This morning, all 47 children evacuated from the institution. Some are in bad shape by injuries and dehydration, '' said regional director Geert Cappelaere.

Michael Schumacher has since Friday its own Twitter account. The former Formula 1 driver debuted last month, even on Facebook and Instagram.

The UN Office for Human Rights has called on the Government of Myanmar to allow independent observers to the state of Rakhine. The agency claims to receive daily reports of atrocities against Rohingya Muslims are not recognized as citizens by the authorities.

France has arrested a former Syrian diplomat who was wanted for rape in Switzerland in 1997. The man was convicted in absentia in 2001 to thirteen years in prison. He lived in Versailles as a political refugee with a new identity.

The Turkish authorities to Syria tents drop to an estimated 80,000 people who may be from the eastern Syrian city of Aleppo road like and do not want to fall into the hands of government forces. This Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Tuesday.

A wave of 19 meters high is officially the highest ever recorded in the books. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Tuesday in a 'remarkable record', which will take its place on the list of weather and climate extremes.

Rebels in the besieged eastern city of Aleppo impede flights and abusing civilians civilians in their fight against government forces. The United Nations reported Friday. In the area that jihadists and rebels still held in the eastern Syrian city are still 100,000 citizens.

The Syrian army in eastern Aleppo inserted a truce to evacuate some 8,000 civilians from the besieged town. This said the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, on Thursday visit in Hamburg.

The Russian government announced Monday by the United States to talk about withdrawal of rebels from the Syrian city of Aleppo. Those talks commence Minister Sergey Lavrov (Foreign Affairs) Tuesday night or Wednesday morning in Geneva.

The United Nations next year EUR 21 billion required for humanitarian aid. With that record total 93 million people can be helped in 33 countries.

The French village of Publier have the right image of the Virgin Mary Hide overlooking Lake Geneva. The religious image on public land violates the strict separation of church and state, the BBC reports.

In parts of southern Sudan are committed ethnic cleansing reminiscent of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The purges are conducted under, inter alia, to starve people by burning villages and widespread rape.

The UN special envoy Nils Melzer goes to Turkey on November 27 to investigate whether tortured or ill-treated after the failed coup alleged opponents of the regime. He continues to December 2 in the country to identify abuses and to do something about it.

At Sotheby's in Geneva has a pink diamond Wednesday raised an amount of 20.8 million dollars (19.5 million euros). To the surprise of the auction was not the 'Blue Sky Diamond' sold for the highest amount, but the pink stone of 17.07 carats.

In talks to find a solution for the divided island of Cyprus's progress. This said UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday in the Swiss Mont Pelerin, where take place the calls.

Islamic State has again executed civilians in the Iraqi city of Mosul. There are approximately forty people were murdered for treason and collaboration '. The bodies were suspended from pylons.