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'Two-state solution in danger,' warns new report from UN office on Middle East peace process

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A boy in the Bedouin refugee community of Um al Khayr in the South Hebron Hills where large scale home demolitions by Israeli authorities took place.

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New figures on growing inequality among children in high-income countries – UNICEF

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As new round of talks begins, UN envoy for Syria says cessation of hostilities must ‘continue to give hope’

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Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for a press conference on the Intra-Syrian Geneva Talks.

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MEPs approve extra funds to help refugees and fight terrorism

Parliament gave its green light for €100 million in EU emergency aid for refugees within the EU and €2 million to hire new staff for the EU law enforcement agency EUROPOL’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC), in a vote on Wednesday. Given the urgency of these measures, MEPs fast-tracked their approval of the funds, in the first draft amending budget of 2016. The procedure was completed in just over a month.

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UNHCR: Include refugees and displaced in Colombia peace talks

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Internally displaced children walk home from a UNHCR supported school in Altos de la Florida, Soacha, Colombia.

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Parliament advocates a centralised EU asylum system and legal ways to migrate

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Parliament calls on member states to honour their pledges and speed up the relocation of asylum seekers from Greece and Italy

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Fresh fighting drives displacement in eastern DR Congo

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A displaced Congolese woman sits outside a shelter in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 2014 file photo.

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Nigeria regional conflict: 10-fold increase in number of children used in ‘suicide’ attacks

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Salta Bintou Hassan, 11, lost her arm after a suicide attack on Bagasola market, Chad, in October 2015. She spent two months in hospital in the capital, N'Djamena.

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United Nations begins informal briefings to select next Secretary-General

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A wide view of the proceedings on informal dialogues with candidates for the position of UN Secretary-General.

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UN agencies step up joint response to help drought-affected northern Somalia

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In Somaliland and Puntland, close to two million people are affected by the drought amid the El Niño phenomenon.