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With devastating impact on civilians, conflict is 'major cause of famine' – UN Security Council

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A mother holds up an empty cooking pot as she crouches alongside her daughter inside their makeshift home at...

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US Helps WFP Provide Food Assistance To Refugees From Western Sahara In Algeria

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$1 million contribution from the United States to support vulnerable refugees from Western Sahara in Algeria on Aug 09. WFP will use the funds to provide staple food items as part of monthly...

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Police Arrest Man Suspected of Car Attack on French Soldiers Near Paris

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has confirmed the arrest of the man suspected of ramming a car into a group of French soldiers Wednesday in a suburb of Paris, injuring six of them in what authorities say was a deliberate attack.

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Recovery in Iraq's war-battered Mosul is a 'tale of two cities,' UN country coordinator says

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A market in east Mosul, Iraq.

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