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Boeing and U.S. Air Force Adjust KC-46 Tanker Schedule

As detailed in its statement released on May 27, the U.S. Air Force is moving its formal production decision on the KC-46 tanker program—known as Milestone C—from June 2016 to August 2016 to allow additional time to implement the solution to a...

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UN envoy for Syria tells Security Council peace talks will resume ‘as soon as feasible’

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For the third time this year, humanitarian partners delivered aid to 71,000 people in Houla, rural Homs...

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Security Council ends 13-year sanctions regime on Liberia

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The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2288 (2016), lifting sanctions on Liberia.

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Commitment to Action: Moving from delivering aid to ending need

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the heads of UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, OCHA, WFP, FAO, UNFPA and UNDP, with the endorsement of the World Bank and the International Organization for Migration, launched on Tuesday 24 May a “Commitment to Action” in which...

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