Nine people were killed by drug cartel gunmen in Mexico; officials say the cartel may have mistaken the group's convoy of SUVs for rival gangs.
The Catholic Church is investigating two African nuns who returned from their missionary work pregnant.
One year after the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, many American Jews feel unsafe displaying symbols of their religion.
A young Muslim girl has been disqualified from a high school cross-country race in Ohio because she didn’t have permission to run in her hijab.
After the adoption of new rule, foster care and adoption agencies would be allowed to exclude on religious grounds.
Sixty-seven men and boys have been rescued by Nigerian police after "inhumane and degrading treatments" at an Islamic school.
Mormon church says it’s against a proposed ban in Utah of so-called conversion therapy.
A BBC investigation has uncovered sexual exploitation of children and young women by Shia clerics in Baghdad.
The Mexican state of Oaxaca has become the second jurisdiction in the country by
decriminalizing abortion for women who are up to 12 weeks pregnant.
Indonesian president postpones plans to outlaw extramarital sex after the proposed changes sparked a public outcry.
