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World Food Programme applauds UN Security Council for tackling link between conflict and hunger
The Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) hailed the UN Security Council for its leadership in adopting a resolution that for the first time paves the way to address conflict-induced hunger around the world on May 24, 2018.
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Pompeo: US Not Pushing for Regime Change in Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the Trump administration is not pushing for a regime change in Iran, but to achieve global consensus on how to get Tehran to "behave like a normal nation."
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UN’S Emergency fund releases US$30 million to avert acute hunger and malnutrition in the Sahel
Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock, on May 24, released US$30 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to urgently scale-up relief efforts in West Africa’s Sahel, where an acute drought, combined with exceptionally high food prices and worsening insecurity, has escalated humanitarian needs.
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oPt Humanitarian Fund releases US$3.9 million to meet urgent humanitarian needs in the occupied Palestinian territory
On May 24, the Humanitarian Fund for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt HF) announced the release of US$3.9 million to address urgent water, sanitation, shelter and protection needs in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). Over 75 per cent of the allocation targets needs in the Gaza Strip, where the already dire humanitarian situation has been exacerbated since 30 March 2018 due to a massive rise in Palestinian casualties in the context of demonstrations.
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Trump: We'll Know Fate of N. Korea Summit by Next Week
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. would know by next week whether he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore as scheduled.
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Tackling corruption ‘from the top down’ essential, declares UN chief, marking key global treaty
A sign outside a hospital in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, urges patients not to bribe doctors or other staff for any services. The UNICEF-supported hospital offers its services for free.
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UN chief urges governments to shield more civilians from violence in conflict
A family displaced by fighting in the village of Shora, 25 kilometres south of Mosul, Iraq, walk towards an army checkpoint on the outskirts of Qayyarah.
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Veteran Spy Haspel Sworn In as New CIA Chief
Gina Haspel, a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, was sworn in Monday as the spy agency's first female director.
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Burundi Commission: Voters Backed Constitutional Changes
Voters in Burundi have approved changes to the constitution that could allow the president to stay in office until 2034.
The country's electoral commission said Monday that 73 percent of voters backed the changes in last Thursday's constitutional referendum.
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WFP welcomes Kuwait Red Crescent Society contribution for operations in Bangladesh
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$1 million contribution from the Kuwait Red Crescent Society that will be used to provide food assistance to Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh.
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Human Rights
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