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• Germany limits migration from North Africa and repatriates refugees from Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

  After being the brunt of the biggest immigration wave since World War II, Germany cuts down on receiving refugees from North America by repatriating those coming from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, declaring them 'safe havens.'

• War stops 13 million going to school in Middle East, North Africa: U.N.

  Conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa are preventing more than 13 million children from attending school, leaving their hopes and futures shattered, the United Nations Children's Fund said in a report issued on Thursday.

• Pentagon chief planning for longer-term rift with Russia

  The United States and its NATO allies are preparing militarily for the prospect that their rift with Russia could outlast President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Sunday.

• Militant group denies U.S. air strike killed Algerian Belmokhtar

  The Sahara-based Islamist group al-Mourabitoun on Thursday denied reports that veteran Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of its leaders, was killed in a U.S. air strike in eastern Libya last week.

• Police haul away migrants sleeping on rocks in Italian Riviera

  Police on Tuesday began hauling away mostly African migrants from makeshift camps on the Italy-France border as European Union ministers met in Luxembourg to hash out plans to deal with the immigration crisis.

• International flotilla rescues 5,900 from Mediterranean in a weekend

  An international rescue fleet plucked almost 5,900 migrants from rickety boats making the perilous sea crossing for North Africa to Europe on Saturday and Sunday, Italy's coastguard said.

• Syrians largest refugee group after Palestinians: U.N.

  Syrians have overtaken Afghans as the largest refugee population aside from Palestinians, fleeing to more than 100 countries to escape war in their homeland, the United Nations said on Wednesday.