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Cities and local policies key to overcome hunger, stresses head of UN agency

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High rises and hotel buildings in Punta Pacifica, Panama City, Panama.

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Violence in Myanmar driving up to 12,000 Rohingya refugee children into Bangladesh every week – UNICEF

UNICEF urges donors to support humanitarian appeals ahead of international pledging conference

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Mohammed Yasin, 8, is amongst the Rohingyas refugee children living in shelters at the Kutupalong makeshift camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

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#MeToo movement stems from impunity and culture of silence, senior UN official writes

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Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, briefs journalists.

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Africa's rapid urbanization can drive industrialization, says new UN report

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Overlooking the central market at closing time in Kumasi, the largest and one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in Ghana.

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UNHCR Statement: Australia must prevent looming humanitarian emergency in Papua New Guinea

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An asylum-seeker enters the ‘Regional Processing Centre’ on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Refugee centres here have prompted international concern over the harsh conditions and poor levels of protection for those who arrive by boat in Australia and are transferred to the neigbouring island.

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US Military Investigating Deaths of Soldiers in Niger Ambush

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Thursday the military is investigating the deaths of four American soldiers in Niger earlier this month at the hands of Islamic jihadists.

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All EU countries must take their fair share of asylum seekers

EU countries refusing to relocate asylum seekers should have reduced access to EU funds, say MEPs in Parliament’s draft negotiating mandate on new Dublin rules.

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The first countries of arrival would no longer automatically be responsible for the asylum seekers

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White Nationalist Richard Spencer Shouted Down at University of Florida Speech

White separatist leader Richard Spencer gave up trying to speak Thursday at the University of Florida in Gainesville when protesters shouted him down.

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Kelly ‘Stunned, Broken-hearted' Over Trump Fallen Soldier Controversy

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly defended President Donald Trump's handling of the deaths of U.S. service members, and delivered an intense emotional rebuke to those he accused of politicizing the issue.

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Rohingya Camps a “Child Protection Disaster Waiting to Happen,” With More Than 450,000 Children Out of School

Overcrowding, a lack of schooling and widespread desperation among the Rohingya in camps and makeshift settlements in Bangladesh are putting children at an alarming risk of exploitation and abuse, Save the Children has warned.