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Independent Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ experts on Wednesday called for urgent action to support Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after reports indicated two boats carrying more than 500 passengers may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in mid-July.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General said on Wednesday that he plans to convene fresh talks on Cyprus to resolve the decades-long division on the Mediterranean island, stressing that the moment calls for rebuilding trust between its two communities. 

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ emergency food agency appealed for immediate funding on Wednesday, warning that deepening hunger is undermining the response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has now infected more than 3,200 people.

Violence in the occupied West Bank is worsening as the Israeli Government continues to approve new settlements while settlers and Israeli security forces have ¡°often¡± acted together to attack local Palestinian communities, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ¡¯s human rights office (OHCHR) warned on Wednesday.

From the peaks of Mount Olympus in Greece to the shores of the ¡°D-Day¡± beaches in France, 25 cultural or natural landmarks from across the globe have been newly inscribed on the World Heritage List, updated annually by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO).

Climate-driven disasters are reaching ¡°nightmare proportions¡± due to humanity¡¯s ¡°addiction¡± to fossil fuels, a top Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ official warned on Tuesday.