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Libyan political accord 'stands firm, but stuck' – UN envoy tells Security Council

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Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations...

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In post-storm Haiti, UN responding with food security and assistance programmes

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Haitians line up to receive bags of planting seeds in Jeremie, Grand'Anse Department, one of the...

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Clampdown on terrorism - new counter-terrorism law backed by civil liberties MEPs

Civil Liberties Committee MEPs voted by 37 to 4, with 7 abstentions, to back an informal deal on the draft law, struck by Parliament, the Council and Commission on 17 November.

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Syria’s White Helmets: “We need a no-fly zone and humanitarian corridors”

Volunteers from the Syria Civil Defence - better known as the White Helmets - risk their lives on a daily basis by serving as the main rescue group operating in besieged eastern Aleppo. Addressing Parliament’s foreign affairs and development...

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