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Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) will open 748 polling stations abroad for the December 6 election to the Romanian Senate and Chamber of Deputies that will meet the health protection requirements to contain COVID-19, up 331 from the previous general election in 2016, MAE's official in charge with special electoral tasks Iulian Ivan.
Croatia Urged to Toughen its Response to Human Trafficking
A new report on human trafficking in Croatia by the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, GRETA, published on Thursday, said that Croatia should strengthen its criminal justice response to human trafficking and enable victims to more effectively exercise their right to compensation.
Overseas logistics centers poised to boost Turkish exports
The innovation of Turkish overseas logistics centers will ensure the rapid flow of exports and products' penetration of international supply chains at low cost, thus serving sustainable export growth, according to an expert.
The Countries Worst Affected By Terrorism (infographic)
Afghanistan and Nigeria experienced the largest declines in deaths from terrorism in 2019
Pandemic inflames violence against women
No country has been spared the coronavirus epidemic, nor the scourge of domestic violence, which has surged during lockdowns as the day marking such violence approaches on Nov. 25.
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Terror attack kill dozens in northeast Nigeria
Terrorists linked to the ISIL killed dozens of people in the latest of a flurry of bloody attacks in northeast Nigeria, local sources said on June 14.
Inhabitants of remote Goni Usmanti village told AFP that terrorists gunned down 38 people in a raid on June 13 and set a truck ablaze, killing an unknown number of passengers.
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Global virus deaths top 250,000 as billions raised for vaccine push
Global deaths from the coronavirus pandemic topped a quarter-million on May 4, mostly in the U.S. and Europe even as both regions slowly moved away from lockdown and world leaders raised billions towards a vaccine.
Turkey repatriates 1,286 nationals over virus
Turkey brought back a total of 1,286 of its nationals from four African nations and Arab countries on April 26 as part of its ongoing repatriation efforts for Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Some 207 Turkish nationals returning from Somalia and Djibouti on a special Turkish Airlines flight arrived at Turkey's Nevşehir-Kapadokya Airport.
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Over 60,000 citizens brought back so far: Minister
More than 60,000 Turkish citizens have been brought back home from around the world during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.
"Until today, we have brought more than 60,000 of our citizens home," Çavuşoğlu said in a tweet on late April 25.
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UN: Millions are already Relying on Food Aid, World on Brink of `a Hunger Pandemic’
Millions around the world are already relying heavily on food aid to survive, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.
David Beasley, head of the (WFP), said urgent action was needed to avoid a worldwide catastrophe.
The report estimates that the number of people starving could almost double - from 135 million to more than 250 million.