Google blocks child porn from 100,000 searches
Google boss Eric Schmidt said Monday that the tech giant had developed new technology that makes it harder to find child sexual abuse images on the web.
Ex-FBI agent gets 11 years for security leaks, child porn
A former FBI agent was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for disclosing confidential national security information about a foiled bomb plot to an Associated Press reporter.
Canadian 'child soldier' appeals Guantanamo conviction
Omar Khadr, the Canadian "child soldier" held for a decade at Guantanamo, appealed his terror conviction Friday.
Health Ministry to continue countering child mortality in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Minister of Health Salidat Kairbekova updated President Nursultan Nazarbayev on the progress of Salamatty Kazakhstan program.
Court sentences French mother in prison child rape case to 20-yrs' jail
A French mother who held down her four-year-old son while he was raped by his stepfather in a prison visiting room was sentenced Wednesday to a maximum 20 years in jail.
Historic child abuse inquiry opens in Australia
An Australian inquiry into church and institutional child abuse began public hearings, with warnings.
Drunk Aussie lets seven-year-old drive him home
Police on Friday charged a drunk man after pulling over a car on Australia's Gold Coast to allegedly find a seven-year-old boy driving him home at 3:00 am.
US girl needing lung put on transplant list
A US judge ordered Wednesday that a dying 10-year-old be transferred to an adult waiting list for a lung transplant, said a lawmaker who has been lobbying for the girl.
Dancer says Jackson sexually abused him as child
An Australian choreographer alleged Thursday that Michael Jackson sexually abused him for seven years as a child, a claim the late singer's estate described as "outrageous and sad."
Police in US arrest 12-year-old for sister's murder
US police have arrested a 12-year-old boy for the murder of his eight-year-old sister, in a case that attracted national media attention and prompted an intense manhunt.
Young girl's 'cure' signals new path against cancer
Emily Whitehead is kind of a big deal. At age seven, she is the only child to have beaten back leukemia with the help of a new treatment that turned her own immune cells into targeted cancer killers.
Russian boy's Texas death ruled accidental
The death of a young boy adopted from Russia at his Texas home was an accident and the bruises found on his body were self-inflicted, a coroner ruled Friday in a case that ignited a diplomatic row.
Adopted Russian boy murdered by US mother: Moscow
A woman in the US state of Texas has killed her adopted Russian son, the Kremlin's envoy for children said Monday, outlining the latest alleged abuse of an adopted Russian child by American parents.
Could 9-year-old win youngest best actress Oscar?
She landed the part by lying about her age: Quvenzhane Wallis was five, and the filmmakers were only auditioning girls at least six years old.
Mexican girl, 9, gives birth, authorities seek father
A nine-year-old Mexican girl has given birth and authorities are looking for the presumed father, who is 17.
British girl missing for three years in Pakistan comes home
A six-year-old girl flew back to Britain for an emotional reunion with her mother on Friday more than three years after she was abducted by her father and taken to Pakistan.
Girl, seven, feared taken by crocodile in Australia
Australian police searching for a 7-year-old girl feared taken by a crocodile Saturday said finding what appeared to be human remains inside a three-metre reptile was a "heartbreaking" development.
BBC Savile colleague held for suspected sexual offences
The BBC on Thursday agreed to pay a former politician £185,000 in damages over false child sex abuse claims, hours after police reportedly arrested another of its former presenters for sexual offences.
'World-first' surgery gives Australian boy new hope
Australian doctors Thursday hailed what they described as a world-first surgical treatment for a boy suffering from a rare disease that sends his blood pressure soaring and triggered a stroke.
Australia breached rights of 9-year-old girl
Australia's human rights body Wednesday found the government breached the rights of a nine-year-old girl it detained for more than nine months, during which time she witnessed others self-harming.