NAIROBI, Kenya — Nine students accused of planning and executing an arson attack that killed 16 girls at a school in central Kenya appeared in court Tuesday. Investigators asked for more time to probe the deadly fire. The High Court in the town of Naivasha, 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of the capital, Nairobi, said … Read more
GILGIL, Kenya — A fire at a school for girls in central Kenya has caused an unknown number of deaths, according to police, who said search teams have been deployed. Authorities are trying to account for all the students at Utumishi Girls School in the Gilgil area. The fire broke out early Thursday morning in … Read more
PARIS — Parents’ groups in France called Tuesday for more attention to long-ignored child abuse scandals as a rare public trial opened of a school assistant accused of sexually assaulting nine small children in Paris. Inspired by Gisèle Pelicot ’s decision to make her harrowing drug and rape trial public, the parents of the children … Read more
ANKARA, Turkey — A man armed with a rifle carried out a string of attacks in a city in southern Turkey on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding eight others, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Police backed by helicopters and drones were searching for the assailant who remained at large after opening … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria — A wave of militant attacks on schools in Nigeria over the past week has left more than 80 children missing, local officials and a rights group said Sunday, the latest in school abductions in the West African country where the government is battling an array of jihadi and other armed groups. The … Read more
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish media reports say authorities have sent police and ambulances to a school in southeastern Turkey after gunfire was heard there. Video footage from the scene showed at least two people being put into ambulances outside the middle school in Kahramanmaras province. A day earlier, 16 people, mostly students, were wounded when … Read more
ANKARA, Turkey — A former student opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people, before killing himself, an official said. The 18-year-old attacker, armed with a shotgun, fired randomly inside a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province. He later killed himself with the same shotgun after … Read more
SANTIAGO, Chile — President José Antonio Kast said Monday that his administration will tighten security measures at Chile’s schools, following two incidents involving weapons and amid growing concern about school violence in the South American country. The announcement follows a deadly attack Friday that left one dead and four wounded. The pledge also came on … Read more
SANTIAGO, Chile — A stabbing at a school in northern Chile killed at least one person and injured four others on Friday, police said. The attack occurred at about 10:40 a.m. local time at the Instituto Obispo Silva Lezaeta, located in the city of Calama, in the northern Antofagasta region. A 12th grade student attacked … Read more
KHDA Announcement: Dubai Indian Schools to Continue Distance Learning Until Academic Term Ends Amid Iran vs US-Israel War Thousands of students studying in Indian curriculum schools across Dubai will continue learning from home until the end of the academic term after the emirate’s education regulator confirmed an extension of distance learning amid Iran-Israel-US war. The … Read more