China's population fell for a fourth straight year in 2025, dropping by 3.39 million to 1.405 billion, according to official ...

A federal court in Pakistan has ordered police to find a 13-year-old girl who was forcibly converted and married to a Muslim ...

Bushra Mahnoor remembers the shame she felt when she had her period as a teen and did not have the supplies she needed. Today ...

Lahore High Court Recovers Minor Christian Girl, Orders Arrest of Accused in Child Abduction and Forced Marriage Case ...

Islamabad: Pakistan has taken a major step forward in the fight against child marriage. On May 30, 2025, President Asif Ali Zardari signed into law the Child Marriage Restraint Bill, establishing 18 ...

Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and physical capacity.” Baghdad’s bridal industry has seen a massive boom since ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a landmark move to protect children, especially girls, from forced marriages, a provincial assembly in Pakistan on Friday (Nov.

Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin have proposed legislation to eliminate child marriage. The bill would remove the exception allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to marry with parental consent. Similar bills ...

Dear Eric: My husband of 15 years suddenly tells me he fathered a daughter outside of our marriage. She is 5 years old. He wants to bring the child to me to be her mother and bring her up as my own.