© UNICEF/L. Mackenzie The situation in Iraq and Syria requires constant vigilance on the part of anti-terrorist authorities. UN Security Council meeting on counter-terrorism: Daesh is fragmented, but […]
El Niño intensifies: acute hunger threatens nearly 50 million people
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UN helps Venezuela recover from earthquakes
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Sudan: Almost 90 percent of farmers have seen their yields decline
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UNICEF – about the deaths of children during attacks on Ukraine and Russia
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Shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to impact global trade
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Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan: millions of people left without food aid
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Middle East: Lebanese airspace violations and attacks on Gaza
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DR Congo: New clinics open at epicenter of record Ebola outbreak
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“Some women gave birth on the road”: how midwives save lives in Sudan
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