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Incendiary weapons and bunker-buster bombs are being used in air strikes on Aleppo.
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The announcement comes just days after an attack on a humanitarian aid convoy killed 20 people.
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The World body's secretary general also expresses frustration over how the UN operates.
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However a truce has largely held as aid preparations got cautiously under way.
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Other voices should be heard by Security Council says female front runner for UN's top job
Unesco head also told Chatham House think tank education must be part of UN humanitarian efforts.
United Nations criticised for paying millions of dollars to groups linked to Bashar al-Assad
The UN insists it has to work with the Syrian regime to help as many people as it can.
Duterte promises 'day of reckoning' and offers bounty for exposure of corrupt police officers
Duterte made the comments on National Heroes Day on 29 August, In the face of United Nations' criticism.
'Old boys' network' sidelining women vying to be next UN Secretary-General, says campaigner
Campaign to Elect a Woman Secretary General says secrecy and chauvinism beset ballot for top UN post.
Libya peace process reverses as House of Representatives votes no confidence in UN government
Vote is a blow to the international community's efforts to purge Islamic State from country.
Philippines in UN withdrawal U-turn after Duterte calls body 'son of a whore'
President Duterte said the Philippines could leave the UN over its criticism of his drug war.
Rodrigo Duterte threatens to pull Philippines out of UN and start new alliance with China
The president's comments were in response to the UN's remarks over human rights violations.
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UN launches independent investigation into attack on foreigners and civilians in South Sudan
Witnesses to the attack allege UN peacekeepers failed to provide aid and protection to victims.
US Embassy says it did intervene in brutal attack on foreigners in South Sudan
The embassy is disputing a report that claims it did nothing as foreigners and locals were attacked.
The next United Nations' Secretary-General 'should be a woman', says Ban Ki-moon
Outgoing UN Secretary-General says it is 'high time' a woman took over the role of world's top diplomat.
South Sudan: UN peacekeepers failed to protect civilians during rape and killing in Juba
Witnesses and Human Rights Watch NGO say not enough was done to protect locals.
UN may probe MI5 and CIA link to mysterious death of secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld
Former US president Harry Truman said diplomat was on the verge of 'getting something done when they killed him.'
Philippines: 'Melodramatic' face of Duterte's war on drugs is laid to rest
Photo of couple went viral but leader determined to stamp out trade. 770 people killed in police operations.
UN officials urge Boko Haram-affected countries to address root causes of violence
More than nine million people across the Lake Chad Basin are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
Palestinians to sue Britain over birth of Israeli state
Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki urged Arab League nations to help prepare a legal case against the UK.
UK's financial services sector will retain its passporting rights despite Brexit, Boris Johnson says
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