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Iran Extends Temporary Prison Release of US Citizen

Iran has extended the temporary prison release of a US citizen freed earlier this week, his brother said Saturday, voicing hopes the liberation would become permanent. Siamak Namazi, a 51-year-old Iranian-American, has been held in Iran for years along with his elderly father, former UNICEF official Baquer Namazi, under convictions…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World leaders join Thailand in mourning

World leaders joined Thai people in mourning the victims of the preschool massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province, taking to social media platforms and letters to share their condolences.

Bangkok Post

More than 1 million displaced since Myanmar coup: UN

Yangon (AFP) - More than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children's agency has said.

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Haiti's gangs run the streets as fuel and water run low

Cholera has returned, but most hospitals are closed.

Axios

UN seeks a ‘humanitarian corridor’ in Haiti in areas where gangs continue to block fuel

With gangs continuing to block the entrance to Haiti’s seaports and the country’s main fuel terminal, the United Nations and its partners are asking for the opening of a “humanitarian corridor” to allow the release of fuel and aid workers to move freely without fear for their safety to respond…

Miami Herald

Thursday briefing: How food prices and the climate crisis brought famine to Somalia once more

In today’s newsletter: One million people have already been displaced by the country’s second famine in just over ten years. This is how Somalia found itself in a dire situation once again

The Guardian - UK

US citizen, 85, flies out of Iran for medical care

Muscat (AFP) - An 85-year-old Iranian-American arrested in Tehran more than six years ago who is seeking urgent medical treatment has landed in Abu Dhabi, the State Department said Wednesday, with the United States pressing for the release of three other citizens.

AFP

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Sudan faces ‘generational catastrophe’ as millions of children miss school

Floods, militia raids and hunger mean a third of children are not in school at all, while the rest have too few teachers, aid groups warn

The Guardian - UK

Lanarkshire health visitors awarded 'Baby Friendly' accreditation from UNICEF

The re-accreditation recognises the high standard of their work supporting breastfeeding and helping parents form close, loving relationships with their children.

Daily Record

Harnessing the power of data

When teacher Chiratip Kaewphaisan heard about the imminent visit by a team collecting data in the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom for a national survey on children and women, she had just one question: "Will [relevant government agencies] send an expert or a tutor to offer a special class for…

Bangkok Post

As food prices in Sudan soar, malnutrition worsens

At least three million children under five are malnourished after a series of humanitarian crises.

Al Jazeera

Irish artist's sculpture goes on display alongside masterpieces in Florence

The sculpture ‘Mother and Child’ depicts sculptor Paddy Campbell’s family friend Emily Dawson nursing her newborn daughter Coco

Irish Mirror

Northern Kenya faces hunger crisis as drought wipes out livestock

(This Sept. 29 story has been corrected to show rains have failed in the last four rainy seasons, not the last four years in second paragraph)

Reuters

3 million children may miss a semester in flood-hit Pakistan

Pakistani officials say almost 3 million children in flood-hit areas may miss at least one semester because of damage the disaster has inflicted on schools

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Motherwell school celebrates after receiving top award from UNICEF

Our Lady’s High School celebrated meeting the standard for UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award.

The Hindu

It’s important to bring up children in family environment, says Kerala Minister Veena George

Two-day workshop on deinstitutionalisation, family-based alternative care begins

The Conversation

Child marriage comes with a heavy cost for young girls in Africa – but there's one clear way out

650 million women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. That’s one of the startling figures contained in a 2021 UNICEF report about child marriage. Africa’s sub-Saharan region is home to nine of the ten countries with the highest rates of child marriage in the world.

Reuters

Teachers' strike and soaring fees: Lebanon’s public school pupils miss class

School teacher Claude Koteich, her teenager daughter and 10-year-old son should have all been back in class weeks ago – but a crisis in Lebanon's education sector has left them lounging at home on a Monday afternoon.

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Lebanon migrant ship death toll rises to 94

Damascus (AFP) - Seventeen bodies were recovered Saturday after a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sank off Syria's coast, raising the overall toll to 94, Syrian state television said, in one of the eastern Mediterranean's deadliest such episodes.

AFP

Death toll of Lebanon migrant ship tragedy rises to 90

Damascus (AFP) - Thirteen more bodies were recovered Saturday after a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sank off the Syrian coast, raising the overall toll to 90, Syrian state television said, in one of the eastern Mediterranean's deadliest such shipwrecks.

Al Jazeera

Death toll from Lebanon asylum seeker boat tragedy rises to 94

More people are believed to be missing as up to 150 people were on board the small boat that sank off Syria.

AFP

Death toll of Lebanon migrant ship tragedy rises to 89

Damascus (AFP) - Twelve more bodies were recovered Saturday after a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sunk off Syria's coast, raising the overall toll to 89, Syrian state media said, in one of the eastern Mediterranean's deadliest such shipwrecks.

AFP

89 dead in Lebanon migrant shipwreck off Syria: new toll

Damascus (AFP) - Eighty-nine bodies have been recovered since a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sunk off Syria's coast, Syrian state media said Saturday, as the Lebanese army said it arrested a suspected smuggler behind one of the deadliest recent shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Pacific Islands brace for prolonged droughts and more flooding as La Niña continues for third year in a row

Some Pacific Island nations are still recovering from floods or facing severe drought conditions, and there is little reprieve in sight as a third La Niña is set to exacerbate extreme weather conditions across the region.

The Hindu

Is Roger Federer the best? And, would he have been a lesser or greater player without Nadal and Djokovic?

The Swiss tennis ace retires at this weekend’s Laver Cup

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