In a world where technology is dominating every aspect of our lives, the risk of being abused is mounting like never before. The most vulnerable group of any society is children, whose early exposure to social media platforms may lead to catastrophes...

The marketing techniques used to promote unhealthy foods are frequently highly successful at influencing eating habits. The food industry employs strategies like digital footprint tracking, social media ad campaigns, and even flashy packaging to make...

By AFPMore than 11,000 children are known to have been killed or maimed in Yemen's civil war since it escalated nearly eight years ago, the United Nations said Monday."The true toll of this conflict is likely to be far higher," said the children's ag...

By AFPTwo newborn babies whose corpses were found ina woman's freezer in southern France did not die of natural causes, prosecutors said Monday."The two children were not stillborn," Florence Galtier, prosecutor in the southern town of Avignon, told...

By AFPMore than 300 children in rebel-held northwest Syria kicked off their own football World Cup on Saturday, with organisers hoping to shine a light on communities battered by 11 years of war.The excited children took part in the opening ceremony...

By AFPContaminated medication smuggled into war-torn Yemen has killed at least 10 children being treated for leukaemia in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, local authorities said Friday."Ten children suffering from leukaemia have died" at the Kuwait Hosp...

As a result of the devastating impacts of climate change on humanity, many people have expressed their worries about the future of generations to come and decided not to have children, a study revealed on September 29.According to a new survey conduc...

By AFPAt least 11 schoolchildren died in an air strike and firing on a Myanmar village, the United Nations children's agency said, an attack the country's junta said targeted rebels hiding in the area.Myanmar has been in chaos since the military seiz...

By AFPIreland's Data Protection Commission on Monday said it had fined Instagram a record 405 million euros ($402 million) for breaching regulations on the handling of children's data."We adopted our final decision last Friday and it does contain a f...

By AFPYemen's new school year is underway, but Midian Aoud skips class and washes cars to support his family in its struggle to survive the "misery" of poverty exacerbated by war.The 12-year-old lives in Taez, a besieged city in the grinding conflict...

Syrian families who admit their children to the Damascus University Children Hospital (the state-owned educational hospital that used to provide medical care for ill children for nominal fees) have to pay 20,000 Syrian pounds ($7.96) per day instead...

By AFPLondon's under-fire police force strip-searched more than 600 children over a two-year period, most of them black boys, according to new data released Monday.England's commissioner for children, Rachel de Souza, said she was "deeply shocked" by...