World News in Brief: Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, disease outbreaks in Sudan, UK sentencing reform

As Haiti faces a situation of “absolute brutal violence”, the deployment of a multi-national security support mission is awaited with hope, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said on Friday.

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World News in Brief: Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, disease outbreaks in Sudan, UK sentencing reform
World News in Brief: Support for Haiti mission, challenge of ‘commodity dependence’, Iran's 'strict' hijab law

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