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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

Morocco

Euroviews. 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

Yemen

Jamila: Dead aged 7 as famine takes hold of Yemen

Jamila was seven.

04/05/2017

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

Greece

Euroviews. The EU-Turkey deal is a failure, and children are paying the highest price

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