ANKARA (AA) – A fire that raged on Friday in southeastern France left 10 people dead, including five children. The fire started early morning in Lyon’s suburb Vaulx-en-Velin in a seven-story residential building, according to a statement of the prefecture of Rhone. “The cause of the fire remains unknown,” the prefecture...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Organization for Migration said Tuesday it was “deeply shocked and saddened” by the recent discovery of the bodies of 27 migrants, including four children, in the Chadian desert. The migrants reportedly left Moussoro, a crossroads town in West-Central Chad, 17 months ago in a pickup truck, the IOM said in ...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The eight-year-old conflict in Yemen has killed or maimed more than 11,000 children, according to the UN Children’s Fund. While the UN-brokered truce led to a significant reduction in the intensity of the conflict, a further 62 children have been killed or injured after a nationwide cease-fire expired on Octob...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A new study has found a World Health Organization (WHO) authorized oral vaccine for the type 2 poliovirus to be safe which develops 99% protective neutralizing antibodies in previously unvaccinated newborns. Scientists at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), an internati...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Fifteen children have died from the deadly measles disease in war-torn Yemen this year, according to the UN children’s agency. In a statement, UNICEF said around 1,400 children in seven Yemeni provinces, including the southern Aden province, “were suspected of having measles” in the period between January and Ju...
AMSTERDAM (AA) – Pope John Paul II covered up abuse by priests decades before he reached the top position in the Catholic Chruch, says a Dutch investigative journalist. The Pope ignored the sexual abuse of minors by some priests under his administration in Krakow, Poland, where he was archbishop, Ekke Overbeek said. The news in […...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – More than 100 residents in Canada face 428 charges related to child exploitation as a result of an investigation called “Project Maverick.” All 107 suspects reside in the province of Ontario and the investigation took place in October. In all, 121 children were identified, with 60 being “safeguard...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The United Nations Children’s agency, UNICEF, said Monday that around 110,000 children and adolescents aged 0 and 19 died from AIDS-related causes last year. Ahead of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, UNICEF released its latest global snapshot on children and HIV/AIDS. Another 310,000 were newly infected, bringing the...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union Delegation to the Palestinians has said it was “appalled” after Israeli forces destroyed a primary school in the Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. “Appalled by news that ISF demolished the donor funded Sfai school in Masafer Yatta in occupied Palestinian territory, one day after a...
YEMEN (AA) – Ninety-two children have died in Yemen between January 1 and November 15 due to the ongoing war, according to ‘Save the Children.’ The number of children injured in the same period was 241. One child was injured on average per day. The organization issued the statement on the occasion of World Children’s […]
