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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...

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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...

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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.

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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.

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