The attack saw 23 children and the facility's proprietress kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday.

DAMASCUS, Syria — In the fall of 2018, Syrian security forces dragged a mother and her 2-year-old daughter, Hiba, from their home and detained them. The mother, Sukayna Jebawi, says that they were ...

As it tried to crush an uprising about a decade ago, the Assad regime ruling Syria faced a new problem - it had too many children in detention. An NPR investigation has found that intelligence agents ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has sealed the Priesthood Orphanage in Karon Majigi Village, Abuja after 23 children between the ages of one and 14 were rescued from the orphanage.

BURLINGTON, Vt. — When Brenda Hannon was 8 years old, a nun punched her in the face. It was 1961, and Hannon was living here at St. Joseph’s Orphanage. Her transgression? She refused to eat the peanut ...

A bedroom in an orphanage that houses orphaned and abandoned children in the Syrian capital Damascus. These orphanages have faced the wrath of Syrians since the Assad regime was toppled in early ...

Mass kidnappings are a common way for gangs and armed groups to make quick money in Nigeria.