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Cate Blanchett appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
The actor joins the UN Refugee Agency at a time of unprecedented crisis as nearly 60 million people are displaced worldwide.
Despite booby traps, Iraqis risk all on return to Ramadi
Iraq's third-largest city has not been declared cleared by the government and dozens of returnees have been killed by IEDs.
Sahrawi women to get behind the wheel at new driving school
In a push to empower young women, Sahrawi sisters plan to open an all-female driving school later this year in remote Dakhla camp, Algeria.
Greek couple offers a welcome haven to Syrian family
Syrian mother and toddlers were in desperate need of help after hazardous journey through Turkey and across Aegean.
Syrian refugee carries Olympic flame through Athens
Symbolic gesture intended to show solidarity with the world's refugees at a time when millions are fleeing war and persecution worldwide.
A year after Nepal quake, villagers rebuild from the ruins
Reconstruction continues following a deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that flattened homes across the Himalayan kingdom on April 25 last year.
UNHCR, Annenberg photo exhibit highlights refugee grit
Renowned photographers Addario, Diop, Iturbide, Schoeller and Stoddart turn lenses on displacement crisis in landmark 'REFUGEE' show in Los Angeles.
Massive loss of life reported in latest Mediterranean tragedy
UNHCR interviewed shipwreck survivors who reported sinking of a large boat that went down with up to 500 people on board between Libya and Italy.
Displaced by war, Syrian tailor starts over in a rented van
A UNHCR-backed programme gives small business grants to people displaced by war within Syria to help them restart their lives.