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UN treaty banning nuclear weapons set to enter into force in January

In what leading campaigners are describing as “a new chapter for nuclear disarmament”, the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will now come into force on 22 January, after Honduras became the 50th Member State to ratify...

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Afghanistan: UN Mission voices ‘deep revulsion’ over deadly bomb attack on Kabul college

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A family runs across a dusty street in Herat, Afghanistan.

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Ukrainians Go to the Polls in Historic Local Elections

Voters across Ukraine are casting ballots in local elections being held under a new Electoral Code that decentralizes power from Kyiv to local governing bodies.

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Protests Persist in Thailand Ahead of Special Parliamentary Session

Thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok’s central shopping district Sunday after the prime minister ignored a "deadline” from the movement to resign.

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