The Vatican, Iran and other religious states are resisting efforts by a UN conference, which started Monday, to demand tougher global standards to prevent violence against women and children.
Britain should conduct a "fundamental review of the law" governing undercover operations after police were accused of stealing the identities of dead children.
More and more countries are legalize same-sex marriages. Make sure that our children don't get to such 'families', Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry representative.
Britain's Prince Harry attended a fundraising gala dinner organised in neighbouring South Africa for his Lesotho charity projects as he wrapped up his three-day visit to southern Africa.
Turkey has embarked on a campaign to retrieve children of Turkish immigrant families living in Europe who are fostered by foreigners, and instead place them in homes where their cultural identity can be preserved.
Second-generation immigrants in the United States are far better off than their parents and almost as well-placed as the offspring of native-born Americans.
A US appeals court on Thursday threw out a multi-million dollar award against toy maker Mattel in a long-running dispute with rival MGA Entertainment over Bratz children's dolls.
Russia's parliament has given initial backing to a bill banning homosexual "propaganda" among children that could lead to gays being fined for demonstrating or kissing in public.