Violence against aid workers shows no respite — UN

UNITED NATIONS, United States — A total of 62 humanitarian aid workers have died this year around the world, the United Nations said on Thursday as it prepared to mark 20 years since a devastating attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad.The UN observes World Humanitarian Day on August 19 each year as it remembers the suicide bombing, which claimed 22 lives, including that of

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