France French MPs vote for 'symbolic' ban on smacking children France has got closer to prohibiting smacking children after French MPs voted for a 'symbolic' ban that's meant to educate parents not to use corporal punishment. 30/11/2018
Italy Children can bring packed lunches to school, Italian top court rules After one city in Italy tried to ban children from bringing their own packed lunches to school, the country's top administrative court overruled the measure. 05/09/2018
Netherlands Armenian teens facing deportation from Netherlands are 'in hiding' Two Armenian teens, who have been living in the Netherlands for the past decade, have gone into hiding to avoid deportation, their mother said on Monday. 03/09/2018
Africanews Inspire Africa: Solutions borne out of hardship and challenges Inspire Africa brings you stories from Uganda and Morocco, where challenges and solutions have been transformed into enterprises, new modes of employment and innovations. 09/06/2018
no comment Thousands of balloons released for missing children in Hungary The annual Night of a Thousand Lanterns Foundation event seeks to raise awareness about child disappearances. 28/05/2018
world news One in 6 children now lives in war zones, report reveals The amount of children living in conflict zones has rocketed since the early 90s—here's why. 15/02/2018
USA California torture house: 13 siblings allowed to eat once a day, showe The new details emerged just before the parents were expected to make an appearance in court. 18/01/2018
world news No safe places left for children in global conflicts, warns Unicef The UN children's fund says attacks on children have reached a "shocking scale" 28/12/2017
Greece Afghan refugee dies as panicking migrants seek refuge A young Afghan migrant has been killed as panic broke out on an overcrowded refugee boat near Greece. 25/11/2017
Iraq Girls in Iraq ‘could be married at nine’ if draft law is approved It’s part of proposed legislation that would see religious courts restored. 12/11/2017
View Morocco's stateless children There are many people around the world who are born and die without leaving any official trace of their existence. They are ghosts in their own country; unaccounted for, unidentifiable and hidden. 07/11/2017
Democratic Republic Of Congo Thousands of DRC children at immediate risk of starvation, UN warns The World Food Programme says a looming humanitarian catastrophe could cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of youngsters within months. 31/10/2017
United Kingdom Taliban target Malala Yousafzai wins place at Oxford University Malala, 17, was shot in the head in 2012 by a Taliban gunman. Now she's got a place at one of the world's most prestigious universities. 17/08/2017
United Kingdom 18 jailed for child sex crimes in UK More than a dozen people have been convicted of hundreds of child sex offences in the UK 10/08/2017
United Kingdom Children 'still at risk' Jersey child abuse inquiry finds Jersey care system labelled "ineffectual and neglectful" as inquiry into seven decades of child abuse found children may still be at risk. 04/07/2017
Israel 14-year old neglected boy found in squalid Israeli home Israeli police investigating why a 14 year-old was kept secluded and mostly indoors in his Hadera home said they no longer suspect the boy's parents. 12/05/2017
Belarus Belarus orphanage children found on brink of starvation A criminal inquiry is underway after 100 children in homes in Minsk were discovered seriously malnourished and suffering from neglect. 21/04/2017
Chad 'Alarming' rise in Boko Haram child suicide bombings In the first three months of this year, 27 children have blown themselves up for the Islamist militant group, three times more than in the same period a year ago. 12/04/2017
United Kingdom Drunk driver launches car, and her 19-month-old child, over roundabout A 32-year-old woman has been jailed for dangerous driving after speeding and launching her car nearly 5 metres into the air after “crashing into a… 11/04/2017
Germany Germany to outlaw child marriages The draft law, which still needs parliamentary approval, aims to protect girls who were married abroad and sought asylum in the country. 05/04/2017
Spain More than 100 arrested in child pornography raids in Spain More than 100 people have been arrested by police in Spain as part of an investigation into child pornography. 31/03/2017
View The EU-Turkey deal is a failure, and children are paying the highest price By Sacha Myers, Save the Children, Greece One year since the implementation of the EU-Turkey deal, more than 13,000 refugees and migrants remain 18/03/2017
world news Fake Justin Bieber charged with more than 900 child sex offences Police in Australia Justin Bieber fans be extra vigilant online after charging a man for posing as the singer and soliciting explicit images 09/03/2017
Syria Self-harm, drugs, suicide: the future of Syria's children? Youngsters living in the war-torn country are self-harming, taking drugs and attempting suicide to escape the horrors they have endured after six years of conflict, according to a new report by Save t 08/03/2017
Ireland Irish PM set to widen probe into Church-run homes Ireland is expected to widen an inquiry into former Church-run homes for unmarried mothers on the orders of the country’s prime minister. 07/03/2017
