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Global: Helping children overcome the effects of war

25 Nov 2016
Iraq is home to 3.4 million displaced Iraqis and provides sanctuary for a quarter of a million Syrian refugees. Agencies can get children who have fled from war back into school, but many children suffer from…

Israel: Trump win prompts building spree

25 Nov 2016
Jerusalem municipality will authorise the construction of 1,400 apartments in the Ramat Shlomo neighbourhood in the wake of Donald Trump’s election. Previously they said that fears of antagonising Washington delayed their approval of wider construction plans…

Trump’s comments on Middle East

18 Nov 2016
Donald Trump has told the Wall Street Journal, ‘As a deal-maker, I’d like to do the deal that can’t be made - and do it for humanity’s sake.’ He hopes to orchestrate ‘the ultimate deal’ between…

South Sudan: unity or upheaval?

18 Nov 2016
Vice-president Riek Machar and his supporters fled Juba in July after fighting broke out between government forces and his own. He is a Nuer, and President Salva Kiir is a member of the Dinka. Tribal rivalries…