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UN rights chief seeks de-escalation of crisis on Poland-Belarus border
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on states on Wednesday to resolve the "intolerable" migrant...
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Russia blames EU for looming migrant ‘catastrophe’, sends bombers to overfly Belarus
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia blamed the European Union on Wednesday for the migrant crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland,...
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In test, U.N. skirts Taliban to pay Afghan health workers
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has paid nearly $8 million in salaries to some 23,500...
Read moreFighting in east Congo pushes 11,000 refugees into Uganda
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Fighting between the army and a group of armed men in eastern Congo...
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Returning to ruined city, Libyan family struggles to rebuild
By Islam Alatrash SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Displaced for years by war, the Mokhtar family is set on reoccupying their...
Read moreCongo army says it has driven rebels out of eastern villages
By Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo's army said on Monday it had...
Read moreFinnish Christian charity cuts ties with Palestinian NGO accused by Israel of aiding militants
By Essi Lehto and Rami Ayyub HELSINKI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Finnish Christian missionary group has cut ties with a Palestinian...
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NGO rescue ship with 800 migrants aboard asks Italy for safe port
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -German rescue charity Sea-Eye said on Thursday it had asked Italy for a safe port...
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Chinese city to expand border facilities with North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Dandong aims to build more facilites at its border crossing with North Korea...
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UNICEF to directly fund Afghan teachers, bypassing Taliban authorities
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations children's agency said it was planning to set up a...
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Yemen’s Marib city battens down as Houthis advance through energy-rich province
By Mohammed Ghobari and Ghaida Ghantous ADEN (Reuters) - Expecting a possible siege, pro-government forces in central Yemen are preparing...
Read moreEthiopia “disappointed” by U.S. move to suspend trade benefits
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia is "extremely disappointed" by the United States' move to suspend the duty-free access of its...
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U.N. airlifts winter shelters for displaced Afghans
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR started to airlift supplies to Kabul on Tuesday to help hundreds of...
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Analysis-Sudan’s military leaders could face isolation after coup
By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's military leadership could face isolation at home and abroad if it tries to...
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China’s Xi calls for COVID-19 vaccine mutual recognition
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccines based on the World...
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Russia signals not ready to let Afghanistan’s Taliban into U.N
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - No-one is in a hurry to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's government, Russian...
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‘Just give us our money’: Taliban push to unlock Afghan billions abroad
By John O'Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government is pressing for the release of billions of dollars of central...
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Printing coupons and eating swans: North Korea innovates amid food, economic woes
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - From printing coupons as replacement cash to breeding ornamental black swans to eat, North...
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Exclusive: EU suspends funding to WHO programmes in Congo after sex scandal
By Stephanie Nebehay and Francesco Guarascio GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization's...
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U.N. urgently needs cash in Afghanistan, but struggles for solution
By Jonathan Landay and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations cannot get enough cash into Afghanistan to...
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