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 […]
BERLIN/ANKARA (AA) – Child labor has increased in the supply chains of developed countries and blocs such as the European Union, the US, Canada, Japan, Norway and Switzerland, especially due to cruel and illegal business models of corporations, an expert said on World Children’s Day. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, human rights activis...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The latest data from the UK Defense Ministry has revealed that British soldiers were directly involved in the deaths of 135 children during their nine-year deployment in southern Afghanistan. The UK has already paid compensation to the families of 64 child victims. According to data compiled by the Action on Armed Violence [&he...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Despite many obstacles, self-sacrificing Afghan women educators have taken it upon themselves to teach girls who are not allowed to go to school, child workers who contribute to their families’ livelihoods, and illiterate women. The Taliban, who came to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, have imposed restricti...
AFRIN, Syria (AA) – A 10-year-old girl is teaching her peers how to read and write, math, and Quranic recitation inside a tent-cum-classroom in northern Syria. Meryem Ahmed along with her mother had to take refuge in the Rahmet Camp in the central city of Afrin after losing her father in a 2017 attack by […]
