Pakistan suspends eight officials over hospital fire that killed 14 babies
Interim inquiry finds lack of fire safety protocols at Islamabad hospital, prompting suspensions and criminal probe.
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Spain plans transfer of 500 migrant children from Ceuta to mainland
Ceuta leaders want children returned to Morocco, but Madrid says deporting them is ‘outrageous’.
From: NewsFeed
Trial begins that could force Meta to change Facebook and Instagram
A landmark trial has begun in California over allegations Meta deliberately designed its platforms to be addictive.
Published On 19 Aug 2026
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Meta lawsuits: Is social media facing a global legal reckoning?
Meta battles legal challenges in the US, Europe and beyond over platform design and its impact on younger users.
From: NewsFeed
Videos show deadly school shooting in Philippines
A ninth-grade student opened fire at a high school in Zamboanga, Philippines, killing a fellow student and himself.
Published On 18 Aug 2026
A student from a floating village steers a school boat on Tonle Sap lake, Cambodia. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
The floating village of Kampong Prahok on the Tonle Sap lake, Cambodia. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
Soaring fuel prices are making it more expensive for children and teachers to get to school, and for governments to fund education as national budgets come under strain. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
Students participate in a counting exercise at a school in one of the floating villages of Cambodia's Tonle Sap. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
Sou Sreynich, 13, right, attends a computer class at a school. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
When families reach a financial breaking point, they tend to go into “triage”, keeping some children enrolled while pulling others out to work. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
On the lake, getting anywhere has always meant navigating the water, and climate change is making it harder with increasingly unpredictable floods and droughts. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
If the war continues, it could push up to 23.4 million more children into poverty by the end of the year, about 80 percent of them in Africa and Asia. [Aniruddha Ghosal/AP Photo]
The children not in school are far more vulnerable to exploitation, trafficking and homelessness, aid workers warn. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
Nhim San, left, and her daughter, Sou Sreynich, at their home. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
Students board school boats to return to their homes. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
Sou Sreynich, centre, collects firewood with her mother and sister near their home on Tonle Sap. [Anton L Delgado/AP Photo]
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Nearly 4 million Afghan children ‘acutely malnourished’
One in 10 children in Afghanistan are suffering as healthcare funding plummets, Save the Children says.
Autism and war: Gaza families grapple with destruction and loss
Continuous bombing disrupts routines, causing sensory shocks and behavioural relapses in Gaza’s autistic children.
Truck crash in Egypt kills 18, many of them child labourers
Two pick-up trucks collide in Ismailia, Egypt, leaving 18 dead, mostly children working as agricultural labourers.
Sudan’s war threatens an ‘entire generation’s’ future, UN warns
War in Sudan has left over 8 million children out of school, and nearly three-quarters of schools have been affected.
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harm to youths
The ruling comes in the second phase of a landmark trial, with the Instagram, Facebook owner also losing in March.
