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G7 leaders must prioritize children in Syria as violence mounts in the northwest
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Hong Kong Gears Up for More Protests
Hong Kong is gearing up for more protests as some demonstrators made plans to again to target the airport this weekend.
Hong Kong police said Friday that the city’s high court had extended an order restricting protests at the airport.
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EU Nations Taking In Migrants Stranded on Rescue Ship
Malta has agreed to allow a charity ship carrying 356 migrants, including more than 100 minors, mainly from Sudan, to dock.
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US Tells Canada It's Urging China to Free Detained Canadians
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured Canada on Thursday that the United States was working to get China to release two Canadians it detained last year on espionage charges in cases linked to a U.S. criminal charge against a Chinese technology executive.
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Iran Showcases New Long-Range Missile System
Iranian state media said the government showcased a domestically built long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile system on Thursday.
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Death Toll in Afghan Wedding Attack Rises to 80
The death toll from a suicide bomb attack at a wedding in the Afghan capital, Kabul, last week has risen to 80, officials said.
The initial death toll from Saturday's blast was 63 but jumped to 80 after 17 civilians died from their wounds in recent days, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said Wednesday.
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Scars of terrorism ‘run deep’, UN chief says, paying tribute to victims
The scars of terrorism “run deep”, and while they may fade with time, “they never disappear”, the United Nations chief said on Wednesday, in his message for the second International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism.
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Lack of funds forces UN to close down life-saving aid programmes in Yemen
This baby boy weighed 2.5 kg when he was born in Yemen. Now at four months old he suffers from severe acute malnutrition.
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Urgent need for ‘restraint and genuine dialogue’ in Middle East to avoid major confrontation
Briefing the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, Maria Luiza Viotti, said on Tuesday that “restraint and genuine dialogue are urgently needed”, in order to avoid a major confrontation, which would have disastrous consequences, even well beyond the region.
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Venezuela: UNICEF seeks US$70 million to provide humanitarian assistance to 900,000 children
UNICEF appealed for more than US$70 million to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to 900,000 children across Venezuela through the end of the year. New funding in the coming weeks is essential for UNICEF and its partners to meet the critical humanitarian needs of children and families inside the country.
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