Russia on Thursday reprimanded the head of the U.N. children's agency UNICEF for not providing a "weighty argument for her refusal" to brief the Security Council on children in Gaza - a meeting requested by Russia.

Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year -- roughly one in seven students, the UN children's agency reported Thursday, deploring what it said was an "overlooked" aspect of the climate crisis.

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, has urged stakeholders to intensify efforts to address the alarming statistic of 10.2 million primary school-aged children currently out of school in Nigeria.

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, has identified learning poverty and the high number of out-of-school children as critical education challenges in Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa states.

In November, UNICEF warned in its State of the World’s Children report that climate crises are expected to become more widespread between 2050 and 2059, with eight times as many children exposed to extreme heat waves, and three times as many exposed to extreme river floods, compared to the 2000s.

At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather, the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a new report Friday.

UNAIDS congratulates President Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States."Under President Trump's leadership, the United States has

U.S. President Donald Trump issued an order on Tuesday to stop federal funding, sponsorship, promotion, assistance, for gender affirming care for children under age 19.

The Trump administration rejoined the coalition of governments, which was first adopted in October 2020 and are united around a pro-life policy stance.

At least one girl and three boys were killed, and three boys injured, during an attack on the Saudi Hospital in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, North Darfur, on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's freeze on U.S. foreign aid globally has included a stop-work order to a program run by aid group Action Against Hunger helping severely malnourished children in refugee camps in Ethiopia, two sources said on Tuesday.

Allies are struggling to save part of their security funding from the 90-day freeze ordered by President Trump, who also paused federal grants and loans inside the U.S.