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Women must be empowered to actively help counter terrorism and extremism, says UN official

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This family fled north-east Nigeria across the border to Diffa, Niger, in fear of attacks by the...

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Frustrated refugees and migrants at Serbia-Hungary border seek to escape poor reception conditions

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Refugees sit in the sun at a collection point in Röszke near the Hungarian-Serbian border while waiting to be transported to a...

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MEPs approve first emergency rules for distributing asylum seekers in the EU

Parliament backed temporary emergency rules to relocate an initial total of 40,000 asylum seekers from Italy and Greece to other EU member states over two years in a vote on Wednesday. In the migration debate on Wednesday, most MEPs welcomed the...

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UN envoy says it is now time to have ‘a real discussion’ to end Syrian conflict

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A boy stands outside a building damaged during fighting in Aleppo City, Syria.

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