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Central Sahel: Lives of 10 million children on the line as conflict rages

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Children in a displaced persons camp in Mali are receiving support to recover from trauma.

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Ukraine’s Ammunition Needs in Focus as Defense Allies Meet

The Ukrainian military’s ammunition needs will likely be high on the agenda Wednesday as U.S. defense leaders convene a meeting of defense officials from nearly 50 countries to discuss what Ukraine needs to fight off a Russian invasion.

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Blessings from Western Angels and Eastern Immortals: FOWPAL Comforted People’s Hearts with Cultural Exchange

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Senida MESI, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania (2017-2019) rang the bell of world peace and love.

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FOWPAL’s Peace Bell Resonates at Gala Dinner of Eurasian Economic Summit in Türkiye to Pray for People Affected by the Earthquakes

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Marinko Čavara, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, center, rings the Bell of World Peace and Love as Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, president of the Federation of World Peace and Love (FOWPAL), looks on during the 26th Eurasian Economic Summit on March 13, 2023 in Istanbul, Türkiye. Source: AP image

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Russian Missile Strikes Kill at Least 5 in Ukraine

Ukrainian officials reported Russian missile strikes Thursday in multiple parts of the country, killing at least five people.

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Malnutrition in mothers soars by 25 per cent in crisis-hit countries, putting women and newborn babies at risk

With half of stunting in children under 2 developing during pregnancy and before six months, new report raises the alarm on the need to invest in essential nutrition programmes for adolescent girls and women

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Kokobe Ashebir, 20, received UNICEF-supplied Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) at a health centre in Oromia Region, Ethiopia, when pregnant and saw a transformation in her health.

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UN Chief Assails Russia's Ukraine Invasion in Visit to Kyiv

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday assailed Russia’s year-long invasion of Ukraine as a violation of international law as he arrived in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on extending grain shipments from the war-torn country and securing the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

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Protests Erupt Across Iran Over Schoolchildren Poisonings

Worried parents and others gathered Saturday in Tehran and other cities to protest a recent series of illnesses that have sickened hundreds of schoolchildren, particularly girls, as a new wave of illness struck.

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Russia-Ukraine Fighting Devolves Into Hand-to-Hand Combat

Much of Russia’s yearlong invasion in Ukraine has devolved into infantry fighting in the eastern regions of the country, in part because Moscow’s forces are short on artillery munitions, the British Ministry of Defense said Sunday.

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IAEA, Iran Agree to Boost Inspections

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Saturday upon his return from a trip to Iran that Tehran has agreed to restore ‘certain accesses’ at its nuclear sites and allow more inspections.