The Latest Breaking News from Unicef

With at least 1,000 people killed and more than 1,500 missing, rescue workers in the remote Gayan district are desperately searching for survivors — mostly young children and women — with hope fading with every passing hour.

Fifteen children have drowned in flash floods that swept through Bangladesh with another 3.5 million urgently needing clean drinking water as the risk of waterborne diseases grows, UNICEF's country representative said on Friday.

Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water after days of intense rain.

Dmitry Muratov, the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and the editor of one of Russia's last major independent newspapers, auctioned off his Nobel medal for a record $103.5 million to aid children displaced by the war in Ukraine. All proceeds from the auction, which coincided with the World…

What is the price of peace

Celebrations greeted Thursday’s co-ordinated announcement by the NSW and Victorian governments that they will invest $6 billion and $9 billion, respectively, to provide 30 hours a week of play-based learning for all children in the 12 months prior to primary school. It’s a promising indication of growing public and political…

The Soccer Aid World XI team beat England in a penalty shoot-out during a game raising money for Unicef on Sunday night, as dozens of famous took to the pitch at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, east London.

Usain Bolt and Jamie Carragher have formed quite the friendly rivalry during recent editions of Soccer Aid and locked horns once again at the London Stadium on Sunday

The winners at the London Stadium were managed by former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and captained by Olympic legend Usain Bolt