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Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says
The UNICEF Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026, released on June 16, found that 41% of Afghanistan’s roughly 21 million children are exposed to multiple climate shocks, including floods and droughts.
Protests erupt in Lebanon after displaced Shia community refuses to leave private school grounds
UN warns child mortality reduction is stalling with 4.9M deaths in 2024
Five Gazan patients evacuated via newly-opened Rafah crossing in first since 2025
One in three children have dangerous levels of lead in bloodstream -study
The World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the high levels of lead in children were a "cause for action," according to the report.
UNICEF Says MENA preschooler deaths could rise by 40%
UN children’s organization says coronavirus-linked interruptions in health care could lead to as many as 184,000 young children dying in the region
Coronavirus to impoverish millions of children in Middle East - UNICEF
UNICEF estimates that there are 25 million children in need, including refugees and internally displaced people from conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Sudan Palestinian territories, Iraq and Libya,
PMW report slams Palestinian Authority for using child soldiers
Does UNICEF confront the issue?
Israel must stop arrests, 'abuse' of Palestinian minors, European MPs say
The Parliamentary Assembly of Europe voted on a report calling for Israel to stop detaining Palestinian minors.
UN issues blank statement on Syria, says it has run out of words
There followed 10 empty lines with quote marks indicating missing text, and an explanatory footnote.
UN staff allegedly responsible for over 60,000 cases of sexual exploitation
"The charities have a higher than normal obligation to ensure they do everything they possibly can in training, prevention and detection and, critically, prosecution."
Poverty could push Lebanon's Syrian refugee children to marry and work
Struggling to survive, more than three quarters of the refugees in Lebanon now live on less than $4 per day, according to the survey which was based on data collected last year.
