Militants fighting the Syrian army have detained 43 U.N. peacekeepers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and trapped another 81 in the region, and the world body is working to secure their release, the United Nations said on Thursday.
The UN committee on the Rights of the Child said in its latest paper that the Vatican under Pope Francis has yet to take actions to the growing number of sexual abuse cases, and requested the Church to conduct a much-anticipated internal investigation to prosecute abusers and award compensation to victims.
