Jury discharged at trial of men accused of murdering child abuser Ian Watkins
Judge says it is ‘disappointing’ there will have to be retrial of prisoners accused over Lostprophets singer’s deathThe jury in the trial of two priso...
New Taliban Decree on Divorce Formalizes Child Marriage in Afghanistan, U.N. Warns
A new Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage. It also requires mediation for women seeking to escape ...
UN gravely concerned by an Afghan Taliban law that has provisions on child marriage
The United Nations expressed "grave concern" on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan's Taliban government on separation in marriage which in...
Taliban ‘legitimising child marriage’ with new edict, activists warn
Up to 70% of girls may be in early or forced marriages but law now makes divorce impossible if husbands disagreeChild marriage appears to have been le...
‘Indefensible’: alleged child abuse survivor takes on Albanese government over $2.5bn Nauru deal
Lawyers of Hazara man who was allegedly sexually abused by carer launch bid to prevent imminent deportation to Pacific islandGet our breaking news ema...
Crisis of First Nations children in care will worsen under NT child protection reforms, advocates warn
Legal and child advocates have criticised the changes, which include eroding the Aboriginal child placement principle, as ‘dangerous, ignorant and wro...
Greenlandic woman wins case against Danish authorities who confiscated her child
Keira Alexandra Kronvold’s daughter Zammi was forcibly removed from her when she was two hours oldA Greenlandic woman whose newborn baby was forcibly ...
New Orleans child molester questioned on unsolved killings takes the fifth 700 times
Stanley Burkhardt, convicted abuser and ex-investigator of sex crimes against children, gives deposition in civil caseConvicted child molester Stanley...
US state department to start revoking passports of parents who owe child support
Revocations will start on Friday for those who owe $100,000 or more, and then expand to those who owe $2,500 or moreSign up for the Breaking News US n...
Australian author Craig Silvey pleads guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material
Prosecutors drop two other charges against Jasper Jones author, 43, including allegations he produced child exploitation materialAward‑winning author ...
Man produces sperm from testicular tissue frozen as a child in breakthrough trial
Exclusive: Sperm re-transplant offers hope that boys left infertile by chemotherapy could have biological children one dayIn a groundbreaking fertilit...
