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25 pct of world's children live amid conflict, disaster

One in four children in the world has been living in a country affected by conflict or a disaster, the UN warned on Tuesday. In a report on humanitarian action for children in 2018 , the UN Children's Fund revealed that nearly 50 million children have been displaced due to...

Egypt opposition coalition calls for boycott of March vote

A coalition of eight Egyptian opposition parties and some 150 pro-democracy public figures are calling on voters to boycott the March presidential election, saying it amounts to a "farce" or "absurdity bordering on madness." The incumbent, general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah...

Israel reopening Jordan embassy after diplomatic row

Israel said Tuesday it was reopening its embassy in Jordan which has been shut for six months, after the countries resolved a diplomatic dispute over a deadly shooting. The embassy in Amman is in the process of "gradual reopening," Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel...