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Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIS in Syria, Iraq
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on March 31, 2017 yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported on April 1, 2017.
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World Bank Group Executive Directors Highlight Albania’s Future in Regional Power Exchange
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108 Million People In The World Face Severe Food Insecurity – Situation Worsening
Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food insecure in 2016, a dramatic increase compared with 80 million in 2015, according to a new global report on food crises released in Brussels on Mar 31.
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In Iraq, UN chief Guterres urges more support for those who have 'suffered enormously'
UN Secretary-General António Guterres interacting with a child at the Hassan Sham camp in northern Iraq.
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As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among children in Somalia
Nur Ismail, 3, is treated for acute watery diarrhoea at the cholera treatment centre in Bay Regional Hospital, Baidoa, Bay region. His father, Hassan Ismail, is by his side.
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A year after key conference sought to boost resettlement targets for Syrian refugees, half of the 500,000 places sought have been achieved
The Mahmut family from Syria began a new life in Ottawa in 2016, under Canada’s humanitarian programme to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees.
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WFP Executive Board Welcomes Appointment Of David Beasley As New Head
David Beasley.
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UN chief confirms the remains found in DRC those of the two missing experts
An aerial view of the town of Kananga in DRC’s Kasaï-Central province outside which the remains of the two experts were found.
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UNICEF hails new Italian law to protect unaccompanied refugee and migrant children as model for Europe
UNICEF welcomes the Italian Parliament for passing an historic law to boost support and protection for the record number of foreign unaccompanied and separated children who arrived in Italy – nearly 26,000 in 2016. With nearly 2,000 foreign children arriving on the Mediterranean in the first two months of 2017, the upward trend in arrivals is expected to continue this year making this law timely and relevant.
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Human Rights
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Declaration of World Day of the Power of Hope Endorsed by People in 158 Nations
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020