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Authorities in Iran have delayed at the last minute the execution of a child offender, Sina Paymard, to allow his family to try and raise the compensation money demanded by the relatives of the man he stabbed to death.

The United States and the European Union have joined Bulgaria in calling for Libya to send home six foreign medics who have had their death sentences commuted to life in prison.

Overweight children are stigmatized by their peers as early as age 3 and even face bias from their parents and teachers, giving them a quality of life comparable to people with cancer, a new analysis concludes.

Travel with children, especially when it includes airports, can be challenging.

Department of Education Announces Summer Meals Program to Provide Free Breakfast and Lunch to New York City School Children in Libraries.

Children from around the world attended a special festival in Washington this past weekend to celebrate children's involvement in the arts. The Art Olympiad festival -- held in front of the U.S. Capitol -- showcased children's art and included workshops and performances.

In April, 20-year-old Said Mohammad Reza Musavi Shirazi was executed. His crime? A murder he allegedly committed when he was 16. According to a June 27 Amnesty International report, in Iran, defendants younger than 18 are being hanged after quick decisions and hurried procedures.

New Study Shows Hib Vaccine Protects Children From Significant Burden of Life-Threatening Pneumonia and Meningitis

- Study Shows Hib Vaccine Could Prevent About 1/3 of Life-Threatening Cases of Bacterial Pneumonia, the Leading Infectious Cause of Death in Asian Children

Part of receipts from singer George Michael's additional concert in Moscow July 6 will be donated to a charity foundation helping children with leukemia.

The United Nations is inaugurating the first ever summer games in the Gaza Strip for tens of thousands of children under age 18. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) says the program, which begins Saturday, will provide educational and creative activities for Palestinian youth during the long summer months.

Iran was urged by a human rights group to stop executing people under the age of 18, saying that the country leads the world in this practice.