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Children’s suffering worsening as violence escalates in Gaza – UNICEF

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On 20 April 2016 in Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territories, a student looks inside of one of the classrooms that was destroyed during the 2014 hostilities.

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Iran's FM: No Renegotiating Nuclear Deal

Iran's foreign minister said Thursday Iran will not renegotiate a 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers. The statement was made days before President Donald Trump's deadline to decide if the U.S. will remain in the agreement.

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Russian Fighter Jet Crashes Off Syria, Killing 2

Russia’s Defense Ministry said a Russian fighter jet crashed Thursday shortly after taking off from an air base in Syria, killing both of its pilots.

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Mozambique Rebel Leader Afonso Dhlakama Dies

Mozambique rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama died Thursday, according to sources with the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO), the country's main opposition party.

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Nearly 175,000 Somalis Displaced by Deadly Flash Flooding as Heavy Rains Continue

Somali families displaced by drought and near-famine conditions last year are now on the move again, with catastrophic flash flooding forcing nearly 175,000 people out of their homes, leaving them more vulnerable to malnutrition and diseases such as Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) and cholera.

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Children must not be detained for immigration purposes, Parliament says

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Europe is home to an estimated 5.4 million migrant children

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Women journalists in Afghanistan defiant in the face of violence

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Inside an Afghan radio studio, where women’s voices call for democracy and human rights.

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Kyrgyz government and WFP team up to improve food security and nutrition

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to scale up their collaboration over the next five years and re-affirm their commitment to achieving food security for all in the country on May 03.

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UN urges the world to act now to save lives in West Africa's Sahel

5 million people in need of food assistance and 1.6 million children at risk of severe acute malnutrition, 2.5 million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists require urgent livelihoods assistance

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A woman and her child in Takasaba, Niger.

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Over 140 million children at greater risk of illness as they miss life-saving vitamin A supplements

UNICEF urges immediate action as vitamin A coverage declines alarmingly, most starkly in West and Central Africa

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A girl receives a dose of vitamin A at a basic health centre in Khan Pur Baga Sher Village in Pakistan's Punjab Province.