Utah bill would protect clergy members when reporting child abuse to police

Utah faith leaders who learn about ongoing child abuse from a perpetrator during a religious confession will be able to alert police without fear of legal ramifications under a bill that received final legislative approval Thursday in the state Senate. The measure extends to clergy members the same legal protections that exist for mandatory reporters […]

McCaul demands UNRWA chief testify before Congress over alleged ties to Hamas

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is demanding that the head of a global Palestinian refugee agency testify before Congress over the “many troubling allegations” leveled against it amid Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, sent a letter to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East […]

Kenya and Haiti sign agreements to revive anti-gang police force plans

Kenya and Haiti signed agreements Friday to try to salvage a plan for the African country to deploy 1,000 police officers to the troubled Caribbean nation to help combat gang violence that has surged to unprecedented levels. Kenya agreed in October to lead a U.N.-authorized international police force to Haiti, but the Kenyan High Court […]