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Women Soldiers, Officers To Get Same Maternity, Child Care Leave: Defence Minister
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to grant maternity, child care and child adoption leave to women soldiers, sailors and air warriors on par with their officer counterparts.
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US Soldier Who Fled To North Korea Charged With Desertion, Child Porn
Travis King was on duty with the US Army when he crossed the North Korean border. He had been in the Army since January 2021 and was based in South Korea as part of a rotation.
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Russian Snipers Harassed 4-Year-Old Child, Gang Raped Mother: Ukraine
Ukraine has accused two Russian soldiers of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl and gang raping her mother at gunpoint in front of her father, as part of widespread allegations of abuse during the more than one-year-long invasion.
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Russian Soldiers Enter Orphanage In Ukrainian City To Take Away Children: Report
According to Ukrainian officials, 97 orphans were kidnapped by the Russian military as they evacuated the Kherson region. Child kidnapping is a serious violation of the rules of war.
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Watch: Ukraine Child's Heart-Melting Reaction As Soldier Mom Returns
An Ukrainian official has shared a video of a soldier returning home amidthe Russian invasion and receiving a warm welcome from a child, presumably her son.
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Child Soldier To Runner To Mentor: Nepal Woman's Inspiring Sprint
For years Nepali child soldier turned ultra-runner Mira Rai trained alone every morning, but now she leads other young women up and down the hills, hoping the sport can help them break cycles of poverty and discrimination.
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Swedish Woman Who Enlisted Son, To Fight For ISIS, Jailed
A court in Sweden on Friday sentenced a mother to six years in jail for allowing her son to fight for the Islamic State (ISIS) group as a child soldier in Syria.
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Swedish Woman Enlisted Son, 12, To Fight In Syria, Say Prosecutors
A Swedish woman has been charged with war crimes for helping enlist her 12-year-old son to fight as a child soldier in Syria, where he was killed in the civil war, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Viral Video Of Young Girl At Kabul Airport Being Given To US, UK Soldiers
Britain is unable to evacuate unaccompanied children from Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday when asked about footage which showed a young child being handed over a wall to Western soldiers at Kabul airport.
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US Adds Pakistan Government To Child Soldier Recruiter List
The US has added Pakistan along with 14 other countries in a list of Child Soldiers Prevention Act which identifies foreign governments having government-supported armed groups that recruit or use child soldiers.
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Recruitment Of Children In Terror Groups A "Worrying Trend": India At UN
Voicing concern over an increasing number of children being recruited by the terror groups for terrorism-related activities, India on Monday called for a more coordinated approach in implementing the child protection and counter terrorism agendas.
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UN Says Over 8,500 Children Used As Soldiers In 2020
More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday.
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Why No Arrest Of Molestation Accused Central Force Soldier, Bengal Panel Asks Poll Body
The West Bengal Child Protection Commission (WBCPC) on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking to know the reasons behind the "transfer" of a central force jawan, who is accused of molesting a minor girl, without arresting hi
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China Says Australia "Misled" Offending Social Media Post
China's embassy in Australia said politicians there had "misread" a tweet showing a digitally-altered image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child, and were trying to stoke nationalism.
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"Shouldn't You Feel Ashamed?" China As Australia Seeks Apology Over Photo
China has refused to apologise for a controversial doctored image depicting an Australian soldier cutting the throat of an Afghan child and said Canberra should be ashamed rather than demanding an apology.
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Women Soldiers, Officers To Get Same Maternity, Child Care Leave: Defence Minister
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to grant maternity, child care and child adoption leave to women soldiers, sailors and air warriors on par with their officer counterparts.
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US Soldier Who Fled To North Korea Charged With Desertion, Child Porn
Travis King was on duty with the US Army when he crossed the North Korean border. He had been in the Army since January 2021 and was based in South Korea as part of a rotation.
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Russian Snipers Harassed 4-Year-Old Child, Gang Raped Mother: Ukraine
Ukraine has accused two Russian soldiers of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl and gang raping her mother at gunpoint in front of her father, as part of widespread allegations of abuse during the more than one-year-long invasion.
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Russian Soldiers Enter Orphanage In Ukrainian City To Take Away Children: Report
According to Ukrainian officials, 97 orphans were kidnapped by the Russian military as they evacuated the Kherson region. Child kidnapping is a serious violation of the rules of war.
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Watch: Ukraine Child's Heart-Melting Reaction As Soldier Mom Returns
An Ukrainian official has shared a video of a soldier returning home amidthe Russian invasion and receiving a warm welcome from a child, presumably her son.
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Child Soldier To Runner To Mentor: Nepal Woman's Inspiring Sprint
For years Nepali child soldier turned ultra-runner Mira Rai trained alone every morning, but now she leads other young women up and down the hills, hoping the sport can help them break cycles of poverty and discrimination.
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Swedish Woman Who Enlisted Son, To Fight For ISIS, Jailed
A court in Sweden on Friday sentenced a mother to six years in jail for allowing her son to fight for the Islamic State (ISIS) group as a child soldier in Syria.
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Swedish Woman Enlisted Son, 12, To Fight In Syria, Say Prosecutors
A Swedish woman has been charged with war crimes for helping enlist her 12-year-old son to fight as a child soldier in Syria, where he was killed in the civil war, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Viral Video Of Young Girl At Kabul Airport Being Given To US, UK Soldiers
Britain is unable to evacuate unaccompanied children from Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday when asked about footage which showed a young child being handed over a wall to Western soldiers at Kabul airport.
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US Adds Pakistan Government To Child Soldier Recruiter List
The US has added Pakistan along with 14 other countries in a list of Child Soldiers Prevention Act which identifies foreign governments having government-supported armed groups that recruit or use child soldiers.
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Recruitment Of Children In Terror Groups A "Worrying Trend": India At UN
Voicing concern over an increasing number of children being recruited by the terror groups for terrorism-related activities, India on Monday called for a more coordinated approach in implementing the child protection and counter terrorism agendas.
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UN Says Over 8,500 Children Used As Soldiers In 2020
More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday.
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Why No Arrest Of Molestation Accused Central Force Soldier, Bengal Panel Asks Poll Body
The West Bengal Child Protection Commission (WBCPC) on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking to know the reasons behind the "transfer" of a central force jawan, who is accused of molesting a minor girl, without arresting hi
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China Says Australia "Misled" Offending Social Media Post
China's embassy in Australia said politicians there had "misread" a tweet showing a digitally-altered image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child, and were trying to stoke nationalism.
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"Shouldn't You Feel Ashamed?" China As Australia Seeks Apology Over Photo
China has refused to apologise for a controversial doctored image depicting an Australian soldier cutting the throat of an Afghan child and said Canberra should be ashamed rather than demanding an apology.
