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The UN agency helping Palestinian refugees is facing an “existential” budget crisis and appealing for urgent funding of $120 million to keep essential education, health care and other services running, the agency’s chief said. “We keep struggling, running after cash,” Philippe Lazzarini said. “The financial situation is a real existential …

The Associated Press’ top editor is calling for an independent investigation into the Israeli airstrike that targeted and destroyed a Gaza City building housing the AP, broadcaster Al-Jazeera and other media, saying the public deserves to know the facts. Separately, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders asked the International Criminal Court …

Today, Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Children’s Museum launched A Costume Adventure, an interactive adventure game inspired by the clothing portrayed in artworks from the museum’s permanent galleries. The adventure includes multiple stages, each presenting a unique challenge for children aged 4 – 10 to complete through interactive digital displays. Open from …

World Refugee Day, which falls on 20th June, is an annual reminder of pressing questions dealing with the reality and future of the 68 million people who have fled their homes to escape war, prosecution or terror. Every minute of every day, the staggering number continues to grow. This international …

By Gouthama Siddarthan*   Is there paucity of stories in India? When I was buying fruit juice at a roadside shop, I happened on a lad stretching out arms. Handing the juice over to him, I was just watching what he was doing. He crossed the road and sat on a …

Dubai Cares has started distributing 50,000 school bags — packed during its volunteering initiative in Ramadan — to Syrian crisis-affected children in Jordan, in partnership with Save the Children. The charity organisation had launched the ‘Back to School’ edition of its ‘Volunteer Emirates’ initiative in May, to support refugee children …

Children of tourists, under the age of 18 visiting UAE will be exempted from visa fee, during the summer season from July 15th to September 15th of each year UAE cabinet announced on Sunday The new law came in support of family tourism and to reduce the cost on visitors …

On Tuesday, two dozen far-right protesters celebrated the death of an 18-month-old Palestinian child murdered in July 2015 as the toddler’s remaining family members walked out of the Central District Court in Lod, Israel. In July 2015, 18-month year-old Ali Saad Dawabsha was killed in an arson attack by Jewish right-wing terrorists …

ByWasan abu-Baker* —  The events of the 1976 Palestine Land Day came after the confiscation of thousands of acres of Arab land within the boundaries of populated areas under the cover of the Galilee Development Project. The main goal was the Judaisation of Galilee and the Triangle areas; particularly the …

The 13th edition of Sharjah Arab Children Forum (SACF) will be held from March 24 to 28, the organising committee announced on Monday. Announcing details at a press conference held at Mughaider Child Centre, Sharjah, the organising committee said the forum being held under the patronage of Shaikha Jawaher Bint …

Stabilised child restraint products in vehicles will not be allowed to be sold in the UAE unless there is a matching certificate stating that the seat complies with the country’s standards, according to a senior official. Abdullah Al Maeeni, Director General of the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA), …

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the United Nations to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia’s military leaders, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who also serves as the defense minister, over atrocities committed in the war on Yemen. The New York-based rights organization said in its World Report 2018 on Thursday that …

A charity and a leading British surgeon have made a desperate appeal for the evacuation of seven children with “curable cancer”, aged between eight and 12, trapped in a besieged Syrian town. The children, and 175 others in need of treatment no longer available in the area, live in Ghouta, …

A gunman who killed four people on Tuesday in rural California fired into an elementary school but was stopped from entering by teachers, police say. Staff at Rancho Tehama Reserve School went into lockdown, securing school doors after hearing nearby gunshots. Authorities praised the teachers’ actions as “monumental” in saving …

The upcoming Sharjah International Book Fair 2017 has some surprises in store for visitors, besides a stellar list of bestselling authors and celebrities who have already been confirmed, said Ahmad Al Amiri, Chairman of Sharjah Book Authority, which organises the annual event. The 36th edition of the fair, said to …

The top human rights official of the United Nations called the Syrian government’s siege of the capital’s suburbs “an outrage” on Friday and said food and medical supplies must be allowed to reach civilians inside. Residents of the Eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus are facing a “humanitarian emergency” as the …

The United Nations has blacklisted the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition in Yemen for killing or injuring 683 children, and attacking dozens of schools and hospitals. The coalition had been briefly added to last year’s blacklist, and then removed by then-UN chief Ban Ki-moon pending review. At the time, Mr Ban accused …

THE LEVANT NEWS — Hundreds of thousands of children in Yemen face life-threatening malnutrition and millions lack access to health care or clean water due to the year-old war there, the U.N. Children’s Fund said on Tuesday. A UNICEF report also said all sides in the war had “exponentially increased” …

  The so-called “ Islamic State”(ISIS) is raising an army of child soldiers, and the West could be fighting them for the generations to come. This is a story has been written by  KATE BRANNEN and published in Foreign Policy. These children are young and could be only 6 years old, and they are …