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Number of Ukrainian children needing aid nearly doubles to 1 million over the past year – UNICEF

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On 13 February 2017, first grade students, including Sasha (in red sweater), 6, hide during shelling...

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World must act now to save lives in Somalia, U.N. agencies warn

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A young girl collects water in the Shabelle IDP settlement in Garowe, Somalia...

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Path to Middle East peace ‘riddled with hazards,’ UN envoy tells Security Council

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Nickolay Mladenov (shown on screen), UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal...

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Stopping foreign fighters at EU external borders

All EU citizens and third country nationals entering or leaving the EU will be systematically checked against databases, e.g. of lost and stolen documents, under a regulation voted on Thursday. The new rules were agreed by Parliament’s negotiators and...

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