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    Risk of nuclear war now highest since WW2, U.N. arms research chief says

    GENEVA (Reuters) - The risk of nuclear weapons being used is at its highest since World War Two, a senior U.N. security expert said on Tuesday, calling it an "urgent" issue that the world should take more seriously. Renata Dwan,

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  • PoliticsAOL

    Amal Clooney criticises Donald Trump over journalist comments

    She may have had husband George Clooney by her side, but there was another man on Amal Clooney's mind when she took to the stage at Wednesday night's United Nations Correspondents Association Awards: President Trump. As the event's

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  • NewsAOL

    US increases tensions in the Middle East

    The US has angrily blocked a UN Security Council resolution rejecting President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The 14 other members of the council voted in favour of a motion proposed by Egypt that

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  • NewsYahoo Style

    Amal Clooney and Her Baby Bump Continue to Fight ISIS

    On International Womens Day, mom-to-be Amal Clooney headed to the United Nations in New York City, showing off her baby bump in a dark gray pencil skirt and matching cropped blazer.

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    โ€˜Wannabeโ€™ Music Video Remade To Fight For Gender Equality

    A remake of the music video has emerged to push for womenโ€™s rights and gender equality, and has been shared by Victoria Beckham herself. Made by United Nationโ€™s initiative The Global Goals, it features girls from all over the world singing along to the song. In the next scene young Muslim girls dance in a classroom, the camera panning to a blackboard which readsย โ€˜quality education for girlsโ€™.

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    Bedroom tax 'shocking' - UN probe

    The Government's so-called "bedroom tax" is a "shocking" policy in need of being scrapped, an international investigator has said. A United Nations official charged with examining the policy - introduced earlier this

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    Netanyahu slams double standards

    Israel's prime minister has accused the international community of "deafening silence" in response to recent vows by the head of the Hamas militant group to fight on until the Jewish state is destroyed, and appeared unmoved by the