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At least 29 children and newborns are reported to have died in a teeming camp in northeastern Syria over the past 8 weeks, mainly due to hypothermia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HIR15k

India summoned Pakistan's envoy in protest against a telephone call made by Pakistan's foreign minister to a separatist leader in Indian Kashmir and said there would be consequences if there was more such contact. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2BdyEzX

Thousands skip school to join a march demanding tougher action against climate change. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2G9jq2h

Pink's husband Carey Hart says their daughter has been shooting since she was three years old. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2ScEg7n

A convicted child-sex offender, who was part of a gang that exploited teenage girls in a northern English town, has been arrested in Pakistan where he fled during his trial, the British High Commission in Islamabad said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2SeRbWi

Six men on hunger strike are force-fed via nasal tubes after a US judge approves the move. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Gb1SCR

Russia's state communications regulator said on Thursday that the BBC World News channel had committed "certain violations" while operating in Russia, Russian news agencies reported. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2SkNLRG

The European Parliament recognized Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as the de-facto head of state on Thursday, a symbolic step that lawmakers said was designed to keep pressure on President Nicolas Maduro. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HHRxAP

Spain's far-right political party Vox saw support surge from just a month earlier while the ruling Socialists remained in the lead, according to a voting intention poll released on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2BbpOTs

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a return to "unity and harmony" on Thursday as he welcomed gas-rich Qatar's emir to Beijing, amid a festering dispute that has seen some Arab states lead by Saudi Arabia severing relations with Doha. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GejdLk

The United States will stop complying with a landmark nuclear pact with Russia as soon as this weekend after last-ditch talks with Moscow to save it fell flat, a senior U.S. arms control official said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2G2n6Du

British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet the group of lawmakers behind an alternative Brexit proposal later on Thursday, her spokesman said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Bc1hNU

Sweden and Finland investigate meat from a Polish abattoir found to have handled sick cows. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SfZ11L

Libyan security forces have arrested a suspected leading member of Islamic State, Khalifa al-Barq, in the militant group's former stronghold of Sirte, an official and residents said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2sYFsgb

France, Germany and Britain have set up a European mechanism for non-dollar trade with Iran to avert U.S. sanctions, although diplomats acknowledged it is unlikely to yield big commercial transactions Tehran says it needs to keep a nuclear deal afloat. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2MJBD7A

French police on Thursday reaffirmed that the death of HNA Group Co-Chairman Wang Jian during a business trip in France last summer was accidental, dismissing a newspaper report that he more likely committed suicide. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2sXhnGB

Venezuelan authorities must immediately release three detained foreign journalists and a driver, the European Union's top diplomat said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2MFVioY