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(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 11 November 2015 UN ready to support any decision at the Vienna talks on Syria - Special Envoy Following his briefing to the Security Council on 10...
View ArticleCanada is 'committed' to welcoming 25,000 refugees by the end of the year
In a major shift in policy, Canada’s newly elected liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year, or roughly 500 refugees a day. It’s an...
View ArticleNew app lets users 'share meals' with Syrian children
If you own a smartphone you can now help nourish refugee children who have been forced to flee their homes during Syria’s prolonged confict. A new app launched by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on...
View ArticleUN's ShareTheMeal app a chance to donate food to refugees
Berlin: The United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) has responded to a funding crunch by developing a mobile app that lets people around the world donate money to help feed the 4 million displaced...
View ArticleWorld Food Programme pins hopes on app to nourish 20,000 Syrian children
Optimism surrounds roll-out of ShareTheMeal smartphone app after summer trial provides 1.7m meals for school children in Lesotho...
View ArticleWars, climate change, funding cuts: World Food Program battles to give hope
Rome: His job is to feed the desperate. Two months ago, he had to face the fact that he could not. In September Muhannad Hadi made one of the hardest decisions of his career. He had to deny hope to...
View ArticleAssad’s opponents dismiss Russia’s ideas for solving crisis
ReutersBEIRUT/DUBAI (Reuters) — Syrian opposition figures and Gulf commentators dismissed on Wednesday a Russian draft proposal for a process to solve the Syrian crisis, saying Moscow’s aim was to keep...
View ArticleAssad’s opponents turn down Russia’s 18-month reform plan
Syrian Opposition figures and Gulf commentators dismissed on Wednesday a Russian draft proposal for a process to solve the Syrian crisis, saying Moscow’s aim was to keep President Bashar al-Assad in...
View ArticleUnison chief attacks Labour 'infighting'
Dave Prentis, whose union backed Jeremy Corbyn for leadership, says party must get its act together to defend the low-paid...
View ArticleTwo Degrees: Does climate change contribute to violence and war?
(CNN)The war in Syria has claimed the lives of more than 250,000 people. From Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to ISIS, many of the culprits are well known. But has climate change contributed to the...
View ArticleTrudeau faces fiery foreign policy debut at G20
ANTALYA, Turkey -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's unexpected baptism of fire in international statesmanship began Saturday when he arrived at the G20 summit in Turkey, less than a day after the deadly...
View ArticleG20 leaders – A Marshall Plan is needed to pull Syria’s neighbours back from...
(Source: CARE Canada) A global coalition today called on G20 leaders to develop a Middle East Recovery Plan to pull Syria's neighbours back from the brink after more than four years of conflict. The...
View ArticleEurope's populist right targets migration after Paris attacks
Populist leaders around Europe rushed to demand an end to an influx of refugees and migrants from the Middle East and Africa on Saturday after a wave of deadly attacks in Paris claimed by Islamic State...
View ArticleRussian airstrikes in Syria do little to aid Assad regime
CAIRO - More than six weeks of Russian airstrikes on rebel-held areas of Syria have failed to weaken the country's insurgency, even as the military intervention has intensified international diplomatic...
View ArticleEl Nino to worsen East Africa hunger: UN
The number of people going hungry in east Africa, particularly in drought-stricken Ethiopia, has risen dramatically mainly due to El Nino-caused floods and failed rains, the UN says. "Due to El Nino,...
View ArticlePrivate housing of refugees could ease Syrian crisis
Hazami Sayed, executive director of Philadelphia's Al-Bustan center for Arabic culture, has one son in college and another about to go. In the fall she will be an empty nester - and ready, willing, and...
View ArticleParis attacks: Syrian transition plan reached by US, Russia in Vienna talks
Vienna: Seventeen nations, spurred on by Friday's deadly attacks in Paris, overcame their differences on how to end Syria's civil war and adopted a timeline that will let opposition groups help draft a...
View ArticleDrought Won’t Hurt GDP Growth Forecasts, Ethiopia Says
Reuters ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA— Ethiopia has kept its economic growth forecast at 10 percent for the 2015/16 fiscal year despite a drought, its finance minister said, adding it was affecting...
View ArticleSyrian refugee policy takes focus in US 2016 politics
WASHINGTON — The bloody attacks in Paris are putting the Syrian refugee crisis at center stage in U.S. politics as migrants from that war-torn country surge toward the West and security concerns rise....
View ArticleObama, Putin find common ground on Syria after Paris attacks
US President Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin of Russia agreed Sunday on a UN role to end the bloodshed in Syria, as the Paris attacks jolted leaders into seeking a united front against Islamic State...
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