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Painting a grim landscape of the world’s war zones, Virginia Gamba, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, briefed ambassadors, citing grave concerns, from war-torn Gaza to…
Atlanta: Parents vaping in front of their children could be exposing them to dangerous chemicals, scientists have warned. A new study conducted at Emory University in the US sheds light…
— file photo This year, more than 1,000 cases of measles have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Director EPI Dr. Muhammad Arif has said that more than 1,000 measles cases…
Stockholm: Obese children are more likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as teenagers, a new study has found. Multiple sclerosis is a condition that affects the brain and spinal cord,…
This in effect abolishes the monitoring of UN sanctions against the country, more commonly known as North Korea, blocking the extension of the panel for another year. Russia’s Ambassador Vassily…
The continuing violence came despite an immediate ceasefire call for the remainder of Ramadan from the Security Council on Monday, prompting urgent appeals from UN aid agencies for the resolution…
This is being compounded by an increase in child and forced marriage, and the recruitment of boys by combatants in the continuing war between rival generals that erupted nearly a…
While ceasefire talks failed to end the five-month-long conflict that has killed nearly 32,000 Palestinians – most of them women and children – the goal of some youngsters living in…
Since the conflict erupted in April 2023, pitting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the CRC – an independent body ensuring children’s rights and protections…
New York: A new study conducted in the United States has shown that a 25 percent reduction in carbon emissions could reduce birth defects, autism diagnoses and annual child deaths…