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At G7 Summit, Ban outlines draft UN action plan to prevent violent extremism

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo Soon-taek in Bonn, Germany.

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Martin O’Malley and the Institution of the Presidency

On Saturday, May 30, former two-term Baltimore Mayor and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley made his candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination official. Writing for Bloomberg News, Mark Halperin noted that the speech could very well serve as...

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Anne Brasseur calls for calm following Turkish electoral rally explosions

Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has joined the appeals for calm following explosions at a rally of the HDP party on June 5 in Diyarbakir.

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Concerned over potential violence in Burundi, UN chief urges resumption of dialogue

Burundians arriving in Rwanda after fleeing pre-election violence.