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DC Roundup: Comey Testimony, Trump's 'Unfiltered' Tweets, US on Human Rights

Developments in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday include President Donald Trump sending out more tweets regarding a spat between Gulf Arab nations, saying Twitter is his way to get his "unfiltered message" to Americans, as well as Washington preparing for fired FBI Director James Comey's upcoming testimony, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley warning the U.S. may pull out of the U.N.'s main human rights body.

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UNHCR steps up support amidst large-scale returns to Northeast Nigeria

News comment by UNHCR’s Spokesperson Babar Baloch

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Nigerian refugees returning from Cameroon wait to register at Banki camp in northern Nigeria.

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UNHCR shocked at deaths in Sahara Desert

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Tuareg refugees ride camels to the desert area of Initkan, Niger, where they received UNHCR assistance, April 2013.

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After 50 years of Israeli occupation, 'now is the time' to create Palestinian state – UN chief

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The West Bank barrier, along with checkpoints, roadblocks and permit system, has created a closure regime that has had a dire effect on all aspects of life for Palestine refugees.

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100,000 children threatened as conflict escalates in west Mosul

Statement attributable to Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Representative in Iraq

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In camps for the displaced, UNICEF is providing food, basic health services, water and hygiene items to support the most vulnerable children and families.

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UN chief strongly condemns terrorist attacks in London

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Secretary-General António Guterres.

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Afghanistan: After attack on funeral in Kabul, UN envoy calls for urgent measures to halt cycle of violence

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Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA, briefs the Security Council.

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Germany Contributes €25.5 Million To WFP’s Emergency Response In Lake Chad Basin

Germany has contributed €25.5 million (US$28.5 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist more than 710,000 hungry people in the four-nation Lake Chad Basin region that is battling a Boko Haram insurgency.

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Canada Funds Strategic Humanitarian Response Facility In Gilgit Pakistan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is constructing a Humanitarian Response Facility (HRF) in the Gilgit Baltistan (GB) –the northern area of Pakistan, thanks to funding from the Government of Canada. This will be the seventh HRF built in Pakistan as part of a strategic network of storage facilities to help the Government and humanitarian community better prepare for and respond to disasters.

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1.3 million children urgently need humanitarian assistance after storms batter Bay of Bengal

UNICEF ramps up aid delivery for children and families affected by severe weather in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar

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August 17, 2007. Resma, 9, illuminates the platform below her neighbour's tin roof where she and her family took refuge during the storm, in the village of Amua in Barisal District. The area was one of the hardest hit by Cyclone Sidr.

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