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Investment in education desperately needed to avert “lost generation” of Rohingya children – UNICEF

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On 5 August 2018 in Hakimpara Refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tasmin...

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A coalition of 171 environmental organizations authored a letter to conferees meeting to finalize the farm bill urging lawmakers to reject “poison pill” provisions that were included in the House version of the legislation. The groups contend that many of

U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser says the reimposition of economic sanctions against Iran has had a "profound effect," and the administration wants to go further than the measures in place before the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

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Alarming Number of Rohingya Children Orphaned by Brutal Violence – Save the Children Study

One in two Rohingya children who fled to Bangladesh without their parents were orphaned by brutal violence, new research by Save the Children suggests ahead of the one-year anniversary of the crisis on Saturday, August 25.

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‘Stop and listen’ to victims of terrorism, UN chief urges in message marking international day

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Secretary-General António Guterres speaking at the Wreath-laying Ceremony for the Observance...

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