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Iran has extended the temporary prison release of a US citizen freed earlier this week, his brother said Saturday, voicing hopes the liberation would become permanent. Siamak Namazi, a 51-year-old Iranian-American, has been held in Iran for years along with his elderly father, former UNICEF official Baquer Namazi, under convictions…

World leaders joined Thai people in mourning the victims of the preschool massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province, taking to social media platforms and letters to share their condolences.

The re-accreditation recognises the high standard of their work supporting breastfeeding and helping parents form close, loving relationships with their children.

When teacher Chiratip Kaewphaisan heard about the imminent visit by a team collecting data in the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom for a national survey on children and women, she had just one question: "Will [relevant government agencies] send an expert or a tutor to offer a special class for…

At least three million children under five are malnourished after a series of humanitarian crises.

The sculpture ‘Mother and Child’ depicts sculptor Paddy Campbell’s family friend Emily Dawson nursing her newborn daughter Coco

(This Sept. 29 story has been corrected to show rains have failed in the last four rainy seasons, not the last four years in second paragraph)

Pakistani officials say almost 3 million children in flood-hit areas may miss at least one semester because of damage the disaster has inflicted on schools

Our Lady’s High School celebrated meeting the standard for UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award.