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COP 21: 2015 likely to be warmest on record, says UN weather body

Temperatures across the globe are likely to break records in 2015 with readings running "well above" any previous year, scientists say.

Middle East wars deprive 13m children of education: UN

The UN has said that conflicts in the Middle East are depriving more than 13 million children of an education.

Islamic State militants 'smuggled to Europe'

Libyan government adviser Abdul Basit Haroun says Islamic State (IS) fighters are being smuggled into Europe by gangs in the Mediterranean on boats filled with migrants.

November 25, 2015
November 25, 2015

COP 21: 2015 likely to be warmest on record, says UN weather body

Temperatures across the globe are likely to break records in 2015 with readings running "well above" any previous year, scientists say.

September 3, 2015
September 3, 2015

Middle East wars deprive 13m children of education: UN

The UN has said that conflicts in the Middle East are depriving more than 13 million children of an education.

May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015

Islamic State militants 'smuggled to Europe'

Libyan government adviser Abdul Basit Haroun says Islamic State (IS) fighters are being smuggled into Europe by gangs in the Mediterranean on boats filled with migrants.

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