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On African Child Day, UN education envoy urges focus on kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls

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Young girls attend a maths class at a school in Niger's Diffa region, where more than half of...

UN condemns mass executions in Iraq, urges leaders to prevent sectarian reprisal

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Vehicles of Iraqis fleeing fighting in Mosul at the Khazair checkpoint between Ninewa...

UN in Afghanistan decries mutilation of voters in western province

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Afghans across the country's 34 provinces are taking part in historic elections.

Russia Cuts Gas Supply to Ukraine

Russian energy giant Gazprom says it is cutting gas supplies to Ukraine following Kyiv's failure to meet a Monday deadline to pay nearly $2 billion of its outstanding debt.