Fears are growing that a new pope with an anti-Islamic outlook could revive the confrontational policies of earlier pontiffs, reigniting tensions with the Muslim world.

Despite Morocco's legislative efforts to tackle human trafficking, the latest UN reports suggest that the government has fallen short in addressing the issue as the number of  identified trafficking victims rosed from 187 in 2023 to 217 in 2024.

After a wave of scandals involving European and American church priests, which led to the resignation of many of them, the abuse of children and young girls by church priests brought down the head of the world’s largest Anglican church in Britain.

Syrian and Palestinian refugees detained in Libya's Zuwarah detention center have called on the UN and human rights groups for "urgent intervention" to escape the harsh conditions in the prison.

In the two years since Sweden enacted a landmark change in its sexual assault laws, the country has witnessed a 75 percent increase in rape convictions.