Keywords: Children


Morocco establishes new eligibility rules for financial aid to orphaned and abandoned children

Morocco has approved a new decree defining eligibility criteria and procedures for granting special financial aid to orphaned and abandoned children housed in accredited social protection institutions. The decision forms part of the implementation of Article 16 of Law 58-23 on direct social aid, aiming......

Australia expands social media ban for children under 16 to include Reddit and Kick

Australia will ban children under 16 from accessing nine social media platforms starting December 10, 2025, expanding the list to include Reddit and the livestreaming platform Kick, in addition to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, and YouTube, the country’s Online Safety Commissioner......

Rabat hosts national forum on judicial protection for children and incarcerated mothers

Rabat is set to host a major national forum on October 21, 2025, dedicated to strengthening the judicial protection of children and women imprisoned with their children. The event, held at the Barceló Hotel from 9:30 a.m., gathers key institutional and civil society stakeholders to discuss reforms......

Germany: Trial opens for Afghan who stabbed children

The trial of a 28-year-old Afghan, who stabbed a group of children in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, killing a child and an adult, opened on Thursday, eight months after the attack. During six days of hearings running until October 30, debates will focus on the mental state of Enamullah O., whose psychiatric......

United States: No evidence that 25 children died from the Covid-19 vaccine

Claims circulating online suggest that 25 children in the United States died after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. However, there is no credible evidence to support this assertion. The allegation is based on misinterpretation of the VAERS database, a system that collects unverified reports of health incidents......

Millions more children risk losing access to education by 2026, warns UNICEF

UNICEF has sounded the alarm over a dramatic decline in international aid for education, warning that an additional six million children could be out of school by the end of 2026. According to the UN agency’s analysis, official development assistance for education is projected to fall by $3.2......

Leon XIV urges leaders to abandon arms and embrace peace

Vatican City – Pope Leon XIV on Sunday made a powerful appeal to the international community to put an end to what he described as the “pandemic of weapons,” lamenting the suffering of innocent children who are killed or injured every day in conflicts and acts of violence across the......

Mohammed Assaf: why I left music to honor Gaza’s struggle

Mohammed Assaf, the renowned Palestinian singer who captured hearts after winning the second season of Arab Idol in 2013, has shared his reasons for stepping away from music. Assaf revealed that his decision stems from a deep sense of solidarity with the people of Gaza, where children face unimaginable......

Hundreds of toddlers left homeless in France as crisis deepens

The latest report on child homelessness in France, released by Unicef and the Fédération des acteurs de la solidarité (FAS), reveals a grim reality: over 500 children under three years old are forced to sleep on the streets each night, highlighting a growing crisis in the nation's......