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350,000 Children Trapped In West Mosul: Save The Children

Around 350,000 children are trapped in western Mosul, Save the Children warned on Sunday as Iraqi forces launched a fresh offensive on jihadists defending the strategic city.

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Somalia food crisis at 'tipping point' with country heading towards famine

Somalia is at “tipping point” and a famine could be declared in a matter of weeks, Save the Children has warned. An intensifying food crisis in the Horn of Africa is on track to...

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Child refugees still arrive in Calais & Dunkirk as UK scraps resettlement of 3,000

Five months after the Calais ‘Jungle’ was bulldozed by French authorities, migrants and refugees are still arriving, hoping to reach the UK. In response, Britain has scrapped the...

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Danish man charged with ordering rape of 346 children in ‘historic’ livestream sex abuse case

A 70-year-old Danish man has been charged with ordering numerous child rape and sex abuse livestreams from third-world countries, where each assault usually cost the predator no...

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Parents warned to destroy ‘hackable’ talking dolls over child safety fears

Germany’s Federal Network Agency has issued a warning to parents to destroy a talking doll because hackers can use an embedded bluetooth device to talk to and listen to children.

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Crayons and coloring books help boost India's child trafficking convictions

A Goa courtroom with pink walls, coloring books and no witness box has created a vital space for trafficked and exploited children to testify without fear, ensuring more convictions...

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In Mosul orphanage, Islamic State groomed child soldiers

When the boys first arrived at the Islamic State training facility in eastern Mosul they would cry and ask about their parents, who went missing when the militants rampaged through...

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Nearly 15,000 lost children seek parents in chaos of South Sudan's war

In the chaos of South Sudan's civil war, it took three years for Nyagonga Machul to find her lost children.

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Duterte targets Philippine children in bid to widen drug war

Before Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs had even begun, allies of the Philippines president were quietly preparing for a wider offensive. On June 30, as Duterte was sworn in,...

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Famine threat looms as children starve in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria

 Slumped in his mother's lap in a health clinic in northeast Nigeria, three-year-old Hassan was too drained to cry or protest as the nurse wrapped a tape measure tightly around his...

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Penniless and alone, migrant children in Serbia sell sex to survive

Wrapped up in gray blankets, migrant boys, some as young as 10, warm themselves by a fire in a large, abandoned warehouse near the main railway station in Serbia's capital Belgrade...

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Sold into marriage - how Rohingya girls become child brides in Malaysia leftright 2/2leftright

The slight girl in a turquoise headscarf held back tears as she recalled what happened when she fled to Malaysia from Myanmar's violence-hit Rakhine state. Just 12-years-old at the...

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Keira Knightley, Coldplay and other stars urge Britain to save lone child migrants scheme

British celebrities including actress Keira Knightley, rock band Coldplay and former England striker Gary Lineker, urged the UK government on Tuesday to save a program to take in...

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Survival rates for extremely preterm babies improving in U.S.

 The first decade of the 2000s saw a small but significant increase in the survival of extremely premature infants without early neurodevelopmental problems, according to a study of...

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Preteens in chaotic households may miss out on sleep

Kids in homes with fewer rules and routines are more likely to be kept up at night by noise from other family members’ activities, according to a recent study.

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