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Child Worker Murdered in Pakistan – Stole Chocolate

A 13-year-old domestic servant is suspected to have been murdered in Pakistan after being accused of stealing chocolate. After the girl's death, a debate about child labor has been sparked in the country.

Child Worker Murdered in Pakistan – Stole Chocolate

Osaid, 2, may soon go blind – denied evacuation

Sick and injured children wait for months to leave Gaza for treatment. Some die while waiting for permission from Israel.

Osaid, 2, may soon go blind – denied evacuation

Pakistan: 1.8 million ill due to smog in a month

Hospitals in Pakistani Punjab are overflowing with patients who have fallen ill due to severe air pollution. In one month, 1.

Pakistan: 1.8 million ill due to smog in a month

Smog in Pakistan a health hazard for eleven million children

The UN's children's organization Unicef says that at least eleven million children in the metropolitan area of Lahore in Pakistan and its surroundings are exposed to direct health hazards due to severe air pollution. The toxic smog has been hanging heavy over the historically important city and an additional 17 regions in the province of Punjab for nearly a month.

Smog in Pakistan a health hazard for eleven million children

Seven killed in rocket attack in Israel

Seven people have been killed in two rocket attacks in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, several Israeli media outlets report. In southern and eastern Lebanon, at least eight people have been killed in Israeli attacks.

Seven killed in rocket attack in Israel

UN Warns: Increasing Number of Malnourished Children in Yemen

The famine is worsening in war-torn Yemen. The number of children under five years old suffering from acute malnutrition in government-controlled areas has increased by 34 percent compared to last year, according to the UN's children's organization Unicef.

UN Warns: Increasing Number of Malnourished Children in Yemen

His children were killed in an attack in southern Lebanon

When Shaheen Jarkas fled war-torn Syria to Lebanon, he hoped that his family would be safe. Instead, his two children were killed in an attack that Israel is accused of.

His children were killed in an attack in southern Lebanon

Unicef: Water Agreement Reached with Israel

The UN's children's organization Unicef announces that Israel has agreed to restore energy to a desalination plant in southern Gaza. This could contribute to providing many people who have been forced to flee with the much-needed water.

Unicef: Water Agreement Reached with Israel

Thousands of children in Gaza risk dying

Nearly 3,000 children in southern Gaza are at risk of dying after their treatment for malnutrition has been stopped, according to the UN's children's organisation Unicef. .

Thousands of children in Gaza risk dying