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Baghdad had highest level of civilian casualties in August – UN Iraq mission reports

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Two small children who fled the escalating violence in Iraq (file photo).

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Backing UN ‘Agenda 2030,’ parliamentary leaders pledge to place democracy at service of sustainable development

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President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Saber Chowdhury (right) with women speakers of...

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Ukraine - aid delivered to area not controlled by govt for first time in weeks

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Last weekend a convoy of 13 trucks successfully passed the cross line in Eastern Ukraine and arrived at Gorlovka.

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Director-General Irina Bokova expresses consternation at the destruction of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra

“The destruction of Palmyra constitutes an intolerable crime against civilization but 4,500 years of history will never be erased,” the Director-General declared.

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