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EU elections 2019: MEPs pave way for pan-European constituency post Brexit

The European Parliament should shrink from 751 to 705 MEPs when the UK leaves the EU, to make room for EU-wide electoral lists, say Constitutional Affairs MEPs.

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Record 22.2 million people need humanitarian assistance in Yemen – UN aid chief

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UNICEF representative in Yemen Meritxell Relaño checks on a boy suffering from malnutrition at...

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Amid growing insecurity, time to reassess UN peacekeeping presence in Mali, Security Council told

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Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, addresses the...

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UN agency for Palestine refugee launches global funding push after US aid cuts

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Pierre Krähenbühl, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, speaks at the launch of the fundraising campaign.

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