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The EU is being challenged by a wide range of issues including the economic crisis, unemployment, immigration, globalisation, and various kinds of security concerns. In such tough times what does the future hold for the Union? This coming Tuesday 3 February you can discuss it on Facebook with Manfred Weber, the chair of the largest group in Parliament, the European People’s Party.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) holds a press conference at the end of his visit to Ethiopia for the 24th Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa, January 2015.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is greeted by Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan.

Memorial service at the Beirut International Airport for UNIFIL peacekeeper Lance Corporal Francisco Javier Soria Toledo, who lost his life on 28 January 2015 in the line of duty in southern Lebanon.

UNICEF is launching a US$3.1 billion appeal – its largest ever – to reach 62 million children at risk in humanitarian crises worldwide – a US$1 billion jump in funding needs since last year’s appeal.

UNICEF flew in emergency supplies in response to the growing influx of displaced persons into Um Baru locality, north east of the State capital, El Fasher, in North Darfur on 28 January. Over the last two weeks some 4,000 additional people have arrived to the locality, most of them are women and children. Their number continues to increase daily.

Holocaust survivor Jona Laks addresses the UN General Assembly’s annual International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.

Ceremony at the European Parliament to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Over 1,000 children are forced to seek refuge in underground bomb shelters in Donetsk city due to ongoing violence in eastern Ukraine, UNICEF said on January 27, 2015.