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Humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria: MEPs call for aid and donor conference

The international community must deliver on its pledges to step up humanitarian aid and assistance to the millions suffering in the crisis in Iraq and Syria, MEPs urged in a resolution voted on Thursday. They also called on the EU to consider...

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Syria and Iraq: “Words are not enough to help the people in this region”

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Top (from left): Christos Stylianides, Elmar Brok and Victor Boştinaru. Middle: Charles Tannock...

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Passenger Name Record and data protection talks should go hand in hand, MEPs say

To protect the EU against terrorist attacks and yet safeguard citizens’ rights, MEPs advocate de-radicalisation programmes, stepping up checks at Schengen area external borders, and better information exchange among EU member states, in a resolution...

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UN-backed report urges greater violence-prevention efforts for Africa’s children

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A group of boys displaced by violence in South Sudan, playing in a UNICEF-supported child...

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