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Security Council extends UN mission in Libya, urges parties to finalize political accord

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A wide view of the Security Council in session.

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Darfur: UN humanitarian officials deplore fatal attack on health workers

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WHO and partners responding to an oubreak of measles in West Darfur in April 2015.

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UN envoy urges constructive steps for Palestinian unity amid postponement of key gathering

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People in a market in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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Women must be empowered to actively help counter terrorism and extremism, says UN official

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This family fled north-east Nigeria across the border to Diffa, Niger, in fear of attacks by the terrorist group Boko Haram.

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Frustrated refugees and migrants at Serbia-Hungary border seek to escape poor reception conditions

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Refugees sit in the sun at a collection point in Röszke near the Hungarian-Serbian border while waiting to be transported to a registration centre.

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MEPs approve first emergency rules for distributing asylum seekers in the EU

Parliament backed temporary emergency rules to relocate an initial total of 40,000 asylum seekers from Italy and Greece to other EU member states over two years in a vote on Wednesday. In the migration debate on Wednesday, most MEPs welcomed the Commission's new proposals outlined by Juncker in his state of the Union speech, stressing that more contributions to solidarity will be needed.

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UN envoy says it is now time to have ‘a real discussion’ to end Syrian conflict

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A boy stands outside a building damaged during fighting in Aleppo City, Syria.

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UNICEF and WFP intensify efforts to defeat malnutrition in South Sudan

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A health worker, measures the mid-upper-arm of a young boy to assess his nutrition status prior to his admission to the UNICEF-supported Al-Shabbah Children’s Hospital in Juba, South Sudan.

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Worsening conditions inside Syria and the region fuel despair, driving thousands towards Europe

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Syrian children play in the streets of Aleppo, home to well over a million internally displaced people, in November 2014.

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Close to 8,000 people killed in eastern Ukraine, says UN human rights report

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Five-year-old Nikita, whose father was killed during shelling while returning home from work, stands at his window in a district in the city of Pervomaysk in Donetsk Oblast (December 2014).