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Gun control: MEPs clarify licensing rules and safeguards

EU countries will have to introduce stronger controls on “blank-firing” guns, to prevent them being converted to fire live ammunition, under Internal Market Committee amendments, voted on Wednesday, to a draft update of the EU firearms directive. The...

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Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz, Uzbekistan, added to List of World Heritage in Danger

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Ainura TentievaHistoric Centre of Shakhrisyabz (Uzbekistan)

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Syria: deploring hostilities spreading across Aleppo, UN urges end to indiscriminate attacks

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Yacoub El Hillo, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria (centre), inspects the first batch of...

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South Sudan ceasefire ‘largely holding;’ UN urges safe passage for fleeing civilians

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The Tomping base of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), where displaced civilians have...

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