Heatwaves were the predominant climate hazard causing school closures last year in Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Cambodia, with over 118 million students affected in April alone, based on Unicef data.

The United Nations Children’s Fund says at least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather

Russia on Thursday reprimanded the head of the U.N. children's agency UNICEF for not providing a "weighty argument for her refusal" to brief the Security Council on children in Gaza - a meeting requested by Russia.

Students saw classes suspended and even schools damaged or destroyed due to climatic shocks. Read more at straitstimes.com.

"The UNICEF Executive Director has briefed the ... Nebenzia also accused Washington on Thursday of some responsibility for the deaths of children in Gaza after the U.S. used its council veto ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is walking back an almost-total 90-day freeze on U.S. foreign assistance, making an exception for life-saving humanitarian aid, according to a memo the Miami Herald obtained.

The Trump administration's freeze on U.S. foreign aid globally has included a stop-work order to a program run by aid group Action Against Hunger helping severely malnourished children in refugee camps in Ethiopia,

Nigeria is confronted with a paradox of food insecurity and widespread malnutrition. Despite Nigeria's abundance of natural resources and expansive agricultural terrain, millions of people -- especially children -- struggle with stunting,

• Nicolas de Rivière, France’s envoy to the UN, has been appointed as ambassador to Russia. He is expected to leave for Moscow in March and to be succeeded by Jérôme Bonnafont, France’s envoy to the UN in Geneva.

Danny Danon, ambassador to the world body, says while holding up a photo of a baby boy during a meeting about children suffering in Gaza: “Perhaps you have forgotten about

An Israeli airstrike on Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, injured 14 people on Tuesday, said the Lebanese health ministry.

Saybulu Toroge, 12, smiles during a lesson with classmates at Naserian Osupuko Primary School in Narok County.