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MEPs back operation to liberate Mosul

The Iraqi operation to liberate Mosul from jihadi group ISIS/Daesh was backed by MEPs on Thursday. They called on Iraqi authorities to make every effort to protect civilians, hospitals and schools, as they progress towards Mosul. Daesh atrocities and...

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UNHCR commemorates 2 years of the #IBelong campaign to eradicate global statelessness

Significant progress has been made to eradicate statelessness around the world, but ongoing conflicts are putting those advances at risk. Marking the second anniversary of the global #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness, UN High Commissioner for...

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Syria: UN education envoy urges International Criminal Court probe into Idlib school attack

Young Omar and his parents, who fled the Syrian city of Idlib and crossed into Turkey, have been...

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MEPs sound wake-up call on nuclear threats

Worsening relations between nuclear-armed states, such as Russia and the US or India and Pakistan, but also Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons or to deploy them to more territories in Europe, are making the EU’s security environment ever more...

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