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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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

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.

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.

Yemen

Jamila: Dead aged 7 as famine takes hold of Yemen

Jamila was seven.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

Greece

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

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

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

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.

Syria

Euroviews. Invisible wounds of Syria’s war-scarred children

We are seeing a mental health crisis among Syrian children and if we do not act now, it will be very difficult to undo the damage done.

United Kingdom

UK's child sex abuse inquiry begins public hearings

The UK's child sex abuse inquiry begins with a look at the post-war child migration programme

World News

How weak links in justice system hit Europe's most vulnerable children

Sexually-abused children are among European youngsters whose suffering is being exacerbated by failings in the justice system, a ground-breaking new report…