UNRWA says one in three Gazan children under 2 are acutely malnourished
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Reading Time: < 1 minute One in three children under age 2 in northern Gaza is now acutely malnourished and famine is looming, the main UN agency operating…
Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The world is “tantalisingly close” to eradicating polio – with no confirmed cases of wild polio anywhere so far this year. Read…
Freed from jail, Senegal opposition presidential candidate draws hundreds to first event
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A day after his release from jail, Senegal opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye drew hundreds of supporters at his first public appearance…
Three UK-based Nigerians defraud Vodafone, other firms of £429,304
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Three Nigerians and one other person residing in the United Kingdom have been jailed by Portsmouth Crown Court for a combined total…
Suitcase snatcher gang swiped £14,000 worth of luggage from unsuspecting LNER passengers, and were only caught thanks to stolen iPad's location tracking software
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A gang of suitcase snatchers stole luggage worth £14,000 from unsuspecting train passengers in a series of thefts, a court has heard….
More than a third of children worry at least once a week - and here's why
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The poll, commissioned by children’s health website Nemours KidsHealth, looked at the responses of 504 children in the US to better understand…
Gunmen who kidnapped 287 school children in Nigeria say they will kill them all if $622,000 ransom not paid
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Gunmen who kidnapped at least 287 school children in Nigeria last Thursday have demanded a ransom of 1 billion naira ($621,848) and threatened to…
We won’t pay ransom for kidnap victims – Tinubu
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered security forces not to pay ransom for the release of close to 300 students and staff…
20,000 people off work in the UK every month for mental ill health
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Thousands of people in the UK are being deemed incapable of any work every month due to mental health problems, figures have…
Elianne Andam: Boy admits killing schoolgirl at Croydon bus stop
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A 17-year-old boy has admitted killing a schoolgirl who was stabbed at a bus stop in south London. Read More