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Yemen: 11 more ‘terrible, senseless’ civilian deaths reported, following attack in Sana’a - top UN official

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Suad, aged 18, begs in the middle of the road between Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, and Saada with...

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Urgently address ‘defining challenges of our time’, to empower youth worldwide, top UN official tells forum

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President of ECOSOC, Inga Rhonda King (centre), addresses the ECOSOC Youth Forum, 8 April 2019., by...

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Maldives Holds Parliamentary Election

Voters in the Maldives are going to the polls for a parliamentary election.

The Saturday vote is a pivotal one for President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. A coalition rift has stymied Solih’s push to restore democratic freedoms that had been rolled...

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First resettled refugees arrive in Portugal from Turkey

Thirteen refugees from Syria and Iraq, including six children, arrived safely in Lisbon on Wednesday (03/04) after leaving Istanbul, Turkey as part of a Portuguese refugee resettlement programme for 2018-2019, supported by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency...

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