Obama, Central American leaders meet on child migrantsPresident Barack Obama met Friday with three Central American leaders to try to get control of an humanitarian crisis triggered by a tide of child migrants crossing the southern US border.
India train hits school bus, at least 11 children deadA passenger train rammed into a school bus in southern India on Thursday killing at least 11 children, with fears the death toll could rise further, officials said.
24 July 2014
Four children, two adults killed in France minibus crashFour children, their driver and a 20-year-old were killed when the minibus they were travelling in crashed head-on into a truck coming the other way in France, authorities said.
23 July 2014
Inside Mexican shelter, a world of fear and abuseA nauseating smell of rotting food and excrement hangs in the air inside the Mexican shelter where authorities say hundreds of children lived in squalor and endured physical and sexual abuse.
19 July 2014
Honduras calls for curbing crime to fight child migrationHonduras called for international efforts to fight organized crime to deter minors from leaving Central America to illegally enter the United States, where rights officials warned youths can face abuse.
Asylum-seeker mothers 'attempt suicide' to get kids to AustraliaA dozen mothers in an asylum-seeker camp have reportedly attempted suicide so their children can be settled in Australia, piling pressure on Prime Minister Tony Abbott who said Wednesday he would not be morally blackmailed.
Bolivia congress allows child labor from age 10Bolivian lawmakers have approved child workers as young as 10 years old, under a new law that lays out specific conditions for employing children.
04 July 2014
French theme park recreates 'Little Prince' universeA theme park inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupery's timeless classic "The Little Prince" opened this week in France, giving visitors a chance to recall the author's claim that "all grown-ups were children first".
Grandson of late Chinese leader Deng promoted: mediaThe grandson of China's late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping has been given his first low-level leadership post in the area where his grandfather made history, state media said.