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Here are the top humanitarian news on trust.org today.

MIDDLE EAST

Ramped up air strikes stall Islamic State advance on Syrian town

UN refugee chief says EU should let more Syrian refugees enter legally

• SPOTLIGHT: Syria's civil war

Iraq minorities face extinction from Islamic State onslaught-report

• SPOTLIGHT: Iraq divided and in crisis

Yemen's Houthis advance near al Qaeda stronghold

Libyan army, residents battle Islamist militants in city of Benghazi

• SPOTLIGHT: Libya conflict

AFRICA

Ebola deaths near 4,500 as virus spreads in W. Africa -WHO

Medical charity says has reached limit in fight against Ebola

• SPOTLIGHT: Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Six killed in violence in Central African Republic's capital

• SPOTLIGHT: Central African Republic troubles

ASIA/PACIFIC

Economists urge Modi not to squeeze job scheme for Indian rural poor

Sri Lanka bans foreigners from old war zone amid UN probe

• SPOTLIGHT: Sri Lanka conflict

GLOBAL

Aid workers must heed local culture to save lives - Red Cross

• SPOTLIGHT: Reducing climate change disaster risk

VOICES

A food system fit for the future? - Marc Van Ameringen, executive director, GAIN

• SPOTLIGHT: Food and hunger

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