UN makes $7 billion humanitarian appeal for Syrian crisis and other top stories.

• UN makes $7 billion humanitarian appeal for Syrian crisis

  

  UNITED NATIONS –The United Nations is making a $7.7 billion humanitarian funding appeal to help more than 22 million people affected by Syria's civil war, now in its sixth year. The U.N. says the funds are needed for an estimated 4.7 million Syrian refugees expected to be living in neighboring countries by the end of 2016, and another 4 million people in communities hosting them. Help is also needed for 13.5 billion people inside Syria. Along with basic needs like food and medicine, the ..

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• Canadian Family 'Overjoyed' at Release of Taliban Prisoner

  

  After five years in captivity, a Canadian national has been freed by the Afghan Taliban in what the man's family called a “wonderful outcome” to a horrifying ordeal. “We are obviously overjoyed with the news of Colin's release,” the family of Canadian ...

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