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Russia’s President vows to halve rate of poverty in next six years
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he intends to halve poverty in the country within the next six years, in his annual state of...
US President at odds with Republican lawmakers over gun reforms
US President Donald Trump has stunned lawmakers from both parties by telling them in a live broadcast not to be so "petrified" of the...
Florida school reopens after mass shooting
Students at the Florida high school at the centre of one the worst mass shootings in the US have returned to classes, two weeks...
Syrian women ‘made to trade sex for aid’
Women in Syria have been sexually exploited by men delivering aid on behalf of the UN and international charities, the BBC has learned.
Aid workers...
Father plea to find daughter after militants abduct girls from Nigeria school
The father of a 14-year-old girl who is among 110 believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram has pleaded with the Nigerian government...
Russian President orders Syria ‘humanitarian pause’
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered a daily humanitarian pause in fighting in Eastern Ghouta in Syria.
It will start on Tuesday, and include the...
Children ‘forced to watch rape’ in South Sudan
Children in South Sudan have been forced to watch their mothers being raped and killed, the UN says.
According to BBC News, a report by...
US to impose the “largest ever” set of new sanctions against North Korea
US President Donald Trump says he is launching the "largest ever" set of new sanctions against North Korea.
The measures will target more than 50...
Dozens of school girls missing following Boko Haram attack on a boarding school in...
Following a suspected Boko Haram attack on a school in northeast Nigeria, some of the missing schoolgirls have been found, according to a government...
US President slammed for suggesting teachers should be armed to help prevent school shootings
US President Donald Trump has been slammed for suggesting that teachers should be armed to help prevent school shootings.
Trump made the divisive proposal yesterday...
