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In Chad, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee's (UNHCR) Salih calls for urgent refugee support ...

APO 17 Jan 2026
During his first official overseas trip as High Commissioner, Salih met Sudanese refugee families who had fled the vicious fighting in Darfur only days earlier; many had been displaced multiple times since the conflict began.
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In Chad, UNHCR’s Salih calls for urgent refugee support to save and rebuild lives (UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Public Technologies 16 Jan 2026
In Chad, UNHCR's Salih calls for urgent refugee support to save and rebuild lives ... Salih spoke with women who had been raped, and to people whose parents had been killed, arriving in Chad with only what they could carry and the hope of safety.
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Why Is It So Hard to Set a 9/11 Trial Date? Here’s What to Know.

New York Times 16 Jan 2026
Prosecutors want jury selection to start in January 2027. That would be a quarter century after the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people ... .
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In Kenya, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) Salih urges greater solidarity and solutions ...

APO 12 Jan 2026
On his first official visit as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih today called for stronger global support to develop the solutions refugees need to rebuild their lives.
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U.S. Appeals Court Won’t Take Up Case to Resurrect 9/11 Plea Deal

New York Times 07 Jan 2026
The decision removes a chance for the defendants to resolve the long-running case with the death penalty taken off the table. Instead, pretrial hearings are likely to resume ... .
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UN elects former Iraqi president Barham Salih to lead UNHCR

France24 19 Dec 2025
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the UN refugee agency, the first from the Middle East since the late 1970s. The 193-member body elected the 65-year-old by consensus ... .
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UN elects former Iraqi president Barham Salih as refugee chief

Famagusta Gazette 19 Dec 2025
General Assembly on Thursday elected former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next U.N ... Salih, 65, served as Iraq’s president from 2018 ...
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UN elects former Iraqi President Salih as head of refugee agency

The New Arab 19 Dec 2025
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the UN refugee agency, its first from the Middle East since the late 1970s ... Salih's five-year term starts 1 January.
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Jordan Welcomes UN Decision Appointing Barham Salih as UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Petra 19 Dec 2025
... Assembly to approve the appointment of Barham Salih as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The ministry extended its best wishes to Salih for success in his new role.
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Former Iraqi President Salih elected new UN High Commissioner for Refugees

China Daily 19 Dec 2025
GENEVA - The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday elected former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the new UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Salih, born in 1960, served as president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022.
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