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Nearly five million children born into Syria war: UNICEF
At least 4.8 million children were born since Syria’s war began nine years ago while 9,000 others have been killed or wounded in the conflict, ... Middle East -
N. Korea wants reduced UN aid presence
The United Nations said on Thursday it is negotiating with impoverished North Korea over its aid presence, which the Pyongyang alleges has been ... World News -
UN probes corruption in its own agencies in Yemen aid effort
The United Nations investigators assembled in the departure hall of Sanaa’s airport were preparing to leave with precious evidence: laptops and ... Features -
Iraq hands over 188 Turkish children of suspected ISIS members
Iraqi authorities handed over 188 Turkish children of suspected ISIS members to Turkey on Wednesday at Baghdad airport, where they boarded a plane and ... Middle East -
UNICEF: At least 45 children killed in Sri Lanka attacks
At least 45 children were among the more than 320 people killed in suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, the UNICEF said on Tuesday. “The total now ... World News -
Mia Farrow pursues anti-hunger work in South Sudan visit
Mia Farrow will never forget the day she watched a baby die in her mother’s arms. “It was a little girl staring at her mother and finally ... Entertainment -
40 children killed in year of Gaza border protests, says UN
Around 40 children have been killed and many injured in one year of demonstrations along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, the UN said on ... Middle East -
UNICEF: In war, dirty water more dangerous to children than violence
Children under the age of 15 are almost three times more likely to die from diseases related to lack of clean water and sanitation than from violence ... Healthy Living -
Syrian children in focus at Sarajevo’s War Childhood Museum
Toys, house keys and diaries hang suspended from the ceiling or sit on plain white pedestals at Sarajevo’s War Childhood Museum in a simple ... Features -
Houthi militias attack humanitarian organizations, block aid to Yemenis
Iranian-backed Houthi militias blocked two humanitarian organizations from providing assistance to Yemeni citizens when they attacked the Doctors ... Middle East -
Houthi restrictions push UN to suspend crucial cash aid to 9 mln Yemenis
The UN children’s agency on Wednesday suspended cash transfers to 9 million of Yemen’s most impoverished citizens under pressure from the ... Gulf -
UNICEF: 500,000 children face ‘immediate danger’ in Libya capital
Half a million children are in “immediate danger” in Libya’s capital Tripoli due to fighting, the United Nations children’s ... North Africa -
Yemen’s information minister: Houthis broke into UN warehouses in Hodeidah
Houthi militias have broken into UNICEF and World Food Programme (WFP) warehouses in the area of al-Hamadi in Hodeidah, which are normally used to ... Gulf -
Myanmar releases 75 more child soldiers, UNICEF says
Myanmar's military has released 75 child soldiers, a UN agency said, its first discharge this year as part of a gradual process to end decades of ... World News -
UNICEF: At least 1,000 children killed across Syria this year
At least 1,000 children have been killed across Syria so far this year, said Christophe Boulierac of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). He ... Middle East -
UNICEF: Aid convoy for 180,000 Syrians could go on Sunday
Syria's government may allow an aid convoy with supplies for 180,000 people to go to the town of Douma in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta on ... Middle East -
One in four Iraqi children in poverty after war on ISIS
One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country’s war with ISIS militants, the ... Middle East -
Migrant Afghan boy, 11, commits suicide in Austria
Austrian police said on Friday that they were investigating the suicide of an 11-year-old Afghan migrant. He died in a hospital near Vienna on Monday ... World News -
Yemen’s cholera death toll rises to 1,500: WHO
The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Yemen has risen to 1,500, Nevio Zagaria, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) representative in ... Gulf -
Beyoncé joins forces with UNICEF for children’s water project
Pop icon Beyonce is throwing her superstar power behind a new effort to bring safe, clean water to children in Burundi in a partnership with UNICEF, ... Entertainment -
UNICEF names first refugee goodwill ambassador from Syria
The UN children’s agency has announced the appointment of its youngest goodwill ambassador - 19-year-old Syrian refugee and education activist ... Variety -
UN: One in five children in developed world in relative poverty
One in five children in rich countries lives in relative poverty, according to a UNICEF report published Thursday that put the US and New Zealand ... Healthy Living -
Generation homeless: trying to help Egypt’s street kids
Barefoot and wearing shabby clothes, the two-year-old wanders through the dirty streets of Cairo alongside her mother, who has also spent all her life ... Variety -
Yemen: Cholera deaths mounting as infections increasing
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that 473 were dead due to Cholera, while infections rose to 52,000 cases in 18 Yemeni ... Gulf -
Strapped UN health agency spends big on travel
The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel - far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest ... World News -
Syrian student translates Japanese manga comics into Arabic
Syrian student Obada Kassoumah has become the translator of Japanese manga comics into Arabic, sending a message to Syrian children to continue ... Print -
Actress Priyanka Chopra dismayed by child sexual abuse in Zimbabwe
Actress Priyanka Chopra says she is dismayed by the level of sexual violence against children in Zimbabwe. She says government officials there told ... Entertainment -
UNICEF says 2016 was worst year yet for Syria’s children
At least 652 children were killed in Syria in 2016, making it the worst year yet for the country’s rising generation, the United Nations’ ... Features -
2.2 million Yemen children acutely malnourished: UN
At least one child dies every 10 minutes in Yemen because of malnutrition and preventable diseases Middle East -
2 billion children breathe toxic air worldwide, UNICEF says
UNICEF says about a third of the 2 billion children in the world who are breathing toxic air live in northern India World News