World & Nation
The conflict in Sudan has killed hundreds of children and left millions of young people in dire need of aid and protection, UNICEF says.
June 17, 2023
A rush campaign to vaccinate nearly 650,000 children in wartime Gaza is nearing completion despite many obstacles.
Sept. 10, 2024
An aid group says an Israeli missile hit its convoy carrying medical supplies to a hospital in Gaza, killing several people. Israel says armed men had taken over the lead vehicle.
Aug. 30, 2024
The threat of polio is rising fast in Gaza, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations.
Aug. 18, 2024
Music
Katy Perry and fiancé Orlando Bloom are new parents, Goodwill Ambassadors and ‘floating with love and wonder’ with the arrival of their baby girl.
Aug. 27, 2020
UNICEF says that millions of Yemeni children could face starvation as funding for humanitarian funding amid the coronavirus pandemic.
June 27, 2020
The United Nations says criminal gang violence in Haiti has displaced hundreds of thousands of children since March.
July 3, 2024
Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia have rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting.
July 15, 2024
Archives
April 16, 2018
A U.N. children’s agency report says 27% of children younger than 5, or 181 million, live in severe food poverty, many of them in Africa.
June 6, 2024