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Pryluky Toll Rises to 22, Including Five Children, After Russian Strike Hits Apartment Block
Rescuers in the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky searched through rubble for survivors as the death toll from a Russian missile strike on a residential building rose to 22, including five children, with 54 injured.
Sri Lanka arrests former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa in charity graft case
Sri Lanka's anti-graft authority arrested former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa over allegations her Siriliya Saviya charity misused 10 million rupees raised for a children's hospital, in the latest revival of dormant probes against the once-dominant Rajapaksa family.
TikTok ran 'placebo' safety tests on teens and children, New York lawsuit alleges
Newly unsealed allegations in New York Attorney General Letitia James's lawsuit claim TikTok gave thousands of young users non-functional versions of its 'Algo Refresh' safety tool, leaving them believing their feeds had been reset when they had not.
Four dead, eight injured as residential building collapses in Delhi's New Seemapuri
A four-storey residential building in northeast Delhi's New Seemapuri area collapsed on Wednesday, killing four people including a pregnant woman and two children, with rescue teams still searching for anyone trapped under the rubble.
At least 24 killed as Russia launches massive overnight attack on Ukraine
Russia unleashed one of the war's largest overnight barrages — 130 drones plus 48 cruise and ballistic missiles — killing at least 24 people across several Ukrainian regions, including four children in the northern city of Pryluky.
Colombia Sentences 11 ELN Commanders to Up to 20 Years for Recruiting Child Soldiers
A Colombian court has sentenced 11 commanders of the National Liberation Army in absentia to prison terms of 11 to 20 years for recruiting 60 children as young as eight between 2004 and 2018. The ruling closes a landmark case on the use of child soldiers in Colombia's six-decade armed conflict.
Joy Turns to Horror: Car Ploughs Into Rugby Fans in Newcastle, 10 Injured
A car drove into a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters in the Australian city of Newcastle on Saturday, injuring 10 people including three children. Police arrested the 18-year-old driver and say the incident is not believed to be terrorism-related.
Pakistan-Afghanistan Escalation: Airstrikes Kill Civilians as Former Allies Slide Toward Open Conflict
Pakistan carried out airstrikes on Afghanistan's Helmand and Kunar provinces on October 1, with the Taliban government reporting nine civilians — mostly women and children — killed and the UN confirming at least ten dead. Both governments are trading blame as a failed truce gives way to the region's most dangerous border crisis in years.
One in Five Lebanese Children Now Going to Bed Hungry, UNICEF Warns as War Enters Seventh Month
UNICEF's new assessment finds 22% of Lebanese households say their children go to bed hungry, with 261 children killed and over 1,000 injured since fighting resumed in March — and some 340,000 people still unable to return home.