The children returned to France on Tuesday were at the Roj camp in northeast Syria under Kurdish administration, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Iraqi and Turkish borders. They were placed with social services and the mothers will be brought before judicial authorities, the foreign ministry said, thanking "the...

ALEPPO, SYRIA - A building collapsed Sunday in Syria's war-damaged second city of Aleppo, killing 16 people including children, authorities and media reported. Much of Aleppo was destroyed during Syria's conflict that began nearly 12 years ago and left many of the remaining structures in a decrepit state. "The number of...

United Nations, United States--An estimated five million children under the age of five died in 2021, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging health care investment in underserved communities around the globe to avoid this "immense, intolerable and mostly preventable loss of life." "Every day, far too many parents are facing the trauma...

Across the region, parents struggle to shield children from unsavory elements prowling the cyber world, as risks grow with the spread of the internet.

A gift from the Chinese government to mark the World Cup, crowds of children and reporters watched as the four-year-old male and three-year-old female took their first steps in the Al Khor park.

Paris, France— Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting economic fallout have thrown four million children into poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia, the UN children's agency said Monday. "Children are bearing the heaviest burden of the economic crisis caused by the war in Ukraine," UNICEF said. The conflict "and...

These were the findings of a report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Global Cybersecurity Forum (GCF), based on a global survey of 41,000 parents and children online in 6 regions and 24 countries.

Al-Hol camp holds around 56,000 people -- mostly Syrians and Iraqis, but also around 10,000 who consist largely of wives and children of Islamic State (IS) fighters originating from further afield. Many were taken to the camp during the defeat of the jihadist group's self-declared caliphate by US-backed Syrian Kurdish...

The five-story building collapsed in the Ferdaws neighbourhood of Aleppo. Civil defence and local authorities evacuated residents from nearby buildings and began removing rubble, police commander Major General Deeb Deeb told SANA. The building collapsed due to "a lack of engineering foundations", SANA quoted Maad Medlaji, head of the Aleppo...

Films for children and youth from France, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia have topped the official selection list of 100 films for the 2022 edition.

Gaza's health ministry said 15 children were among 44 people killed in three days of intense fighting. Despite a flurry of strikes and rocket attacks in the run-up to the truce, neither side had reported any major violations of the agreement overnight.

The fighting is the worst in Gaza since a war last year devastated the impoverished coastal territory, home to some 2.3 million Palestinians, and forced Israelis to seek shelter from rockets. Islamic Jihad, the primary target of Israeli attacks and many of whose leaders have been killed, has fired over...

A worldwide improvement in students’ capacity for problem-solving to the average level of today’s top 10 scoring countries could add an additional $2.54 trillion to the global economy, World Economic Forum (WEF) said in its latest report. The compound effects of the pandemic, pre-existing inequalities, and the rapid technological change...

More Syrian children are in need than at any time since a devastating civil war erupted over a decade ago, but funding for them is "dwindling", the United Nations warned Sunday. "Children's needs, both inside Syria and in neighboring countries, are growing," said Adele Khodr, UNICEF's Middle East chief.

A group of 25 international children’s authors from five continents will be leading a cultural program at the 13th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), which takes place from May 11 – 22 at the Expo Centre Sharjah. Organized by Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), the annual festival for...

Save the children data showed that 18,000 Iraqi children and 7,300 minors from 60 other countries are stuck in Syrian camps.

Unicef Director Henrietta Fore said “parties to conflict” have continued to “demonstrate a dreadful disregard for the rights and wellbeing of children.”

Lebanon's spiraling economic crisis is causing abuse against children to soar and is putting one child out of two at risk of violence, the United Nations said on Friday. "One in two children in Lebanon is at serious risk of physical, emotional, or sexual violence, as families struggle to cope...

Lebanon's Education Ministry should extend the December 4, 2021, school registration deadline for Syrian children and end policies that are blocking Syrian refugee children’s access to education, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. Thousands of Syrian refugee children have been out of school, blocked by policies that require certified educational...

The United States can now start giving children aged 5-11 the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid vaccine, US health authorities said Tuesday in a move hailed by President Joe Biden as a "turning point" in the fight against the pandemic.

In their first testimony to US senators, they argued they are built to protect against the mental health and safety risks present on social media.

Facebook's previous major scandals barely dented its global dominance but a former employee's damning revelations have put it in a tight spot.

Ex-employee Frances Haugen has fueled one of Facebook's most serious crises yet and prompted a denial from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old data scientist from Iowa, has worked for companies including Google and Pinterest. She said in an interview that Facebook was "substantially worse" than anything she had seen before.

Amina Mahdi had already been teaching children to read and write before the outbreak of the impoverished country's devastating war in 2014.

As the use of the modern technology deepens in Saudi Arabia, its adverse effects are being felt across the gender and age in the whole kingdom.

The health agency analyzed hospital records from across an area covering around 10 percent of the US population

The survey is being conducted jointly by the health and education ministries and by the army's Home Front command

Unicef is calling for the urgent restoration of power supply, which is the only solution to keep water services running.

The babbling of 20 baby bats was recorded in Costa Rica and Panama between 2015 and 2016 by a researcher affiliated with the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, who spent hours with the bats in the forest.

Israel already requires children aged 12 and over to be tested for Covid in order to enter many public places

Such children must be accompanied by immunized adults, should be free from flu-like symptoms, and their health status in the Tawakkalna App must confirm they are not infected and have not come into contact with an infected person. Only kids immunized with at least one dose can enter such spaces.

Regime forces have stepped up shelling since June despite a cease-fire deal brokered by Russia and Turkey.

Nearly one in two adults also showing signs of psychological distress, according to UNICEF survey of 1,200 families.

The UAE has decided to inoculate children between the ages of 3 and 17 with Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinopharm. Children between 12 and 15 are aleady being inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine.

Global non-profit Save The Children has said the collapsing Lebanese economy has pushed more than half a million children in Beirut into a struggle for survival.

Children aged 12 will be given the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine only with the approval of a guardian and with no prior appointment necessary

3 children among the deceased, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF call for urgent action to address the acute food insecurity in northern Ethiopia

Before this decision, a married mother had to bring her husband or obtain court's consent to open an account for her kids