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‘Agile’, multilateral response vital to combat terrorism – UN chief Guterres

The complex and evolving nature of terrorism necessitates a response that is as agile and multifaceted as the threat itself, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Thursday.

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Italy Blocks EU Summit Agreements Over Migration

Italy has blocked the adoption of any agreements at the European Union summit in Brussels, demanding that the bloc do more to help Rome’s migration crisis.

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Hundreds Arrested at Senate Office Building Protest

Hundreds of protesters were arrested Thursday after staging a sit-in at a U.S. Senate office building in Washington to protest the Trump administration's immigration policy.

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Save the Children-Supported Schools Bombed amid Escalating Violence as 50,000 Displaced in Southern Syria

A Save the Children-supported education facility reaching 536 students in Dara’a, Syria was badly damaged in the last week after being hit in an airstrike, just hours after classes had to be suspended for security reasons amid escalating violence. In...

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