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United Nations begins informal briefings to select next Secretary-General

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A wide view of the proceedings on informal dialogues with candidates for the position of UN Secretary-General.

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UN agencies step up joint response to help drought-affected northern Somalia

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In Somaliland and Puntland, close to two million people are affected by the drought amid the El Niño phenomenon.

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UNHCR regrets violence at Idomeni

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A mother feeds her two youngest children outside their tent in a makeshift camp near Idomeni.

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Attack on care home brings new dangers for refugees in Yemen

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The market place in Basateen, the Somali-majority area of Aden in south Yemen has a mix of food stalls, qat sellers and craftsmen.

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UN food aid reaches besieged Syrian city of Deir Ezzor by air

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A WFP air drop.

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UK launches cross-government taskforce on the ‘Panama Papers’

HMRC experts, who have tracked down £2 billion from offshore tax dodgers since 2010, are already investigating 700 current leads they have with a link to Panama.

UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has announced a new taskforce to deal with the so-called Panama Papers.

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Aging in Thailand – Addressing unmet health needs of the elderly poor

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UK Foreign Secretary in Beijing

UK Foreign Secretary has raised the issue of over-capacity in steel production during talks with the Chinese Foreign Minister in Beijing.

Philip Hammond travelled to Beijing for a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, en route to Hiroshima for the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting.

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Young people contribute to discussion of EU youth policy

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In Geneva, senior UN official urges all-inclusive approach to stop virulent spread of violent extremism

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Director-General of United Nations Office of Geneva (UNOG) Michael Møller addresses the conference on Preventing Violent Extremism, at the Palais des Nations.