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International donors agreed to release $280 million in aid to Afghanistan, the World Bank has said, after repeated warnings that more than half the population face "acute" food shortages this winter.

On its 75th anniversary, UNICEF warned that COVID-19 is rolling back virtually every measure of progress for children, including a staggering 100 million more children being plunged into poverty.

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Ljubljana – Slovenian NGOs and the human rights ombudsman have called on the authorities to take measures to reduce poverty to the largest degree possible as the world observes International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Sunday. The ministry in charge social affairs on the other hand says the government has not forgotten the socially deprived.

The Taliban killed a child. The reason - suspicion that his father was involved in the resistance against the new regime.

The news was spread by Afghan media, which published a video with the bloody body of the little boy. According to Panjshir Observer, the murder took place in Takhar province.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered officials to wage a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in "our style" after he turned down some foreign COVID-19 vaccines offered via the U.N.-backed immunization program.

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Teachers and school staff should be among the groups prioritized for COVID-19 vaccinations so that schools in Europe and Central Asia can stay open, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef said on Aug. 30.

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Tropical Storm Grace has temporarily halted search and rescue efforts in Haiti. It is a delay that has sparked the anger and frustration of thousands of people who have been made homeless after last week's earthquake.

The storm hit southwestern Haiti, which was the area hardest hit by Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Up to 15 inches of rain fell before the storm took its course.

ISIL claimed responsibility early on July 20 for a suicide bombing that ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital ahead of Eid holiday celebrations, killing nearly 30 people, according to medical sources.

As many Asian countries battle their worst surge of COVID-19 infections, the slow-flow of vaccine doses from around the world is finally picking up speed, giving hope that low inoculation rates can increase and help blunt the effect of the rapidly spreading delta variant.