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More than one in four children in Europe are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, which will have repercussions for them throughout life. On Tuesday 24 November MEPs adopted a resolution urging EU countries to boost their efforts to combat child poverty and social inequalities. The text was adopted with 569 in favour, 77 against and 49 abstentions.

WHO has provided 35 tonnes of medical supplies to health facilities in Hadramaut, Shabwah and Al Mahara in Yemen, which are sufficient to support over 665,000 individuals across the three governorates.

Syrian refugee Fouad carries food with his children after an outing to a store.

A group of asylum seekers break the trek to rest at Tovarnik train station in Croatia.

MEPs held a minute’s silence for terror victims everywhere, including Mali, Syria and Iraq.

Schools and daycare centres in Belgium's capital Brussels remained closed on November 23 (Tuesday), as the federal government upheld the highest security threat level in the city.

Climate-related disasters like flooding are on the rise.

A woman and her baby amid debris and other destruction caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Israeli forces and a newly installed metal detector on the corner of Al Wad Street, in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Mongolia’s rapid economic and social development, fuelled by the discovery of significant mineral resources, has exacerbated governance and corruption challenges. To address this, a new OECD report says that Mongolia should complete the reform of its anti-corruption legislation, strengthen enforcement and make the prevention of political corruption a priority.