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A group of refugees in Diffa, Niger, after fleeing Boko Haram violence in Nigeria

The FBI and the United States Secret Service announced the agencies are hosting open house events at select field offices and other locations throughout the country to discuss cybersecurity issues with invited guests from the private sector on February 13. The open houses are being held in conjunction with the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University.

ONR and NAVSEA fire a high velocity projectile from the Naval Railgun during a test held at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division on 4 September, 2014.

(Top) Birgit Sippel and (bottom) Elmar Brok

Martin Schulz at the summit

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Damage to property and infrastructure caused by fighting between Government troops and militants is estimated at 95 per cent in some areas of Yemen.

The international community must deliver on its pledges to step up humanitarian aid and assistance to the millions suffering in the crisis in Iraq and Syria, MEPs urged in a resolution voted on Thursday. They also called on the EU to consider convening a donor conference and stressed the need for a political transition in Syria and an inclusive government in Iraq to cut the ground from under the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh).

Top (from left): Christos Stylianides, Elmar Brok and Victor Boştinaru. Middle: Charles Tannock, Marietje Schaake and Javier Couso Permuy. Bottom: Alyn Smith, James Carver and Marie-Christine Arnautu