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In the Gaza Strip, UN chief appeals for Palestinian unity; renews call for two-state solution

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Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) speaks to the media at an UNRWA school in Beit Lahiya...

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WFP/FAO/IFAD Media Advisory: UN Food Agencies’ Chiefs To Visit Drought-Hit Ethiopia

The heads of the three UN food agencies will visit Ethiopia to highlight the critical food and nutrition security situation. Consecutive climate shocks have resulted in back-to-back droughts, which have caused hunger to soar and malnutrition rates to...

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Turkish Security Officials Indicted for Attacking US Protesters

A grand jury in Washington has indicted 19 people, including 15 Turkish security officials, in connection with a brawl that broke out during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the U.S. capital in May.

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Australia should not coerce vulnerable people to return to harm

The Australian Government’s announced change in legal status and withdrawal of support to refugees and asylum-seekers is a blatant attempt to coerce the most vulnerable to return to Papua New Guinea, Nauru, or their countries of origin. Removing...

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