Body of Guatemala teen sent home after failed attempt to enter US
The body of a 15-year-old who died while trying to migrate illegally into the United States was repatriated to Guatemala Friday, amid a raging US debate over how to stem a flood of similar cases.
30 new arrests as Israel presses West Bank hunt for teens
Israeli troops have arrested some 30 Palestinians in the West Bank as they ramped up a search for three teenagers believed kidnapped by Hamas, the army said.
Roma teen in coma after lynching in France
A Roma teenager was fighting for his life Tuesday after a lynching by a mob who accused him of burglary in a suburb outside the French capital, a police source said.
Three Israeli teens missing in West Bank: army
Three Israeli teenagers went missing in the West Bank, the army said, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying he held the Palestinian leadership responsible for their safety.
Celebration of compassion: Kazakhstani nominated for Hermann Gmeiner award
Kazakhstani Asel Rysmendieva, 24, has been nominated for the annual Hermann Gmeiner award that was named after Austrian philanthropist and SOS Children’s village founder.
Teens become first joint US spelling champions in 52 years
Two young American teenagers of South Asian heritage made spelling history Thursday when they became the first co-winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee since 1962.
Snatched women defend US kidnap victim
So why didn't she just leave?
That's the question being increasingly asked in California after a 25-year-old woman came forward saying she had been kidnapped a decade ago and held against her will, while being repeatedly sexually abused.
US kidnap, sex abuse victim found alive after 10 years
California police have arrested a 41-year-old man accused of kidnapping a teenager and sexually abusing her for a decade, after the alleged victim got in touch via Facebook.
Six policemen injured, 27 people detained in Macedonia violence
Six policemen were injured and 27 people were detained Tuesday when a peaceful protest over the death of a Macedonian teenager in Skopje turned violent, a police spokesman said.
Mexico to extract 12,000-year-old teen skeleton
Mexican researchers plan to extract the more than 12,000-year-old skeleton of a teenage girl whose discovery in an underwater cave has given new clues about the origins of the first Native Americans.
Britain's PR king jailed for 8 years for sex assaults
British celebrity publicist Max Clifford, the king of tabloid kiss-and-tell scandals, was sentenced to eight years in jail on Friday for a string of sex assaults against teenagers.
Newborn baby girl found in garbage in Astana
A newborn girl has been found in a garbage bin wrapped in a plastic bag in Astana.
Teen survives five-hour flight in airplane wheel well
A 16-year-old boy was lucky to be alive Monday after surviving a flight from California to Hawaii in the wheel well of an airplane, US media reported.
Kazakh chess princess Zhansaya Abdumalik takes 3rd place at Asia Continental
Kazakhstani chess princess Zhansaya Abdumalik has won the third place at the Asian Continental Chess Championship Open in the UAE.
Drunk Russian teen drives into Easter procession, kills two
A drunk Russian teenager drove a stolen car into an Easter procession of Orthodox worshippers in Siberia on Sunday, killing two police officers on duty, police said.
21 injured in mass stabbing at US high school
An American student brandishing two knives stabbed 20 teenagers and a security guard in a bloody rampage in the classrooms and hallways of a Pennsylvania high school Wednesday, officials said.
Goodbye Stonyhurst College: Father of ran away teen brings his daughter back to Kazakhstan
The headmaster of Stonyhurst Andrew Johnson arranged a transfer of runaway Kazakhstan teen Indira Gainieva to another school.
End of Dominican Adventure: runway teen girl to return to Kyzylorda
Runaway teen Indira Gainieva, 17 who eloped with her boyfriend Edward Bunyan, 16 from their boarding school, will be returned to Kyzyolrda.
Update: Rebellious teens from Stonyhurst College found in run down apartment
The rebellious teenagers Indira Gainieva and her boyfriend Edward Bunyan were found by the police of the Dominican Republic.
Thai teen pregnancy on the rise as sex education misses the young
Days away from giving birth and living apart from her family, 16-year-old Ying is one of a growing number of Thai teenagers to fall pregnant every year in a country where sex education is focused on the married.