Court backlogs for rape and sexual offences have hit a record high, with the most desperate victims driven to suicide by “devastating” waits for justice.

Canada's highly toxic illicit drug supply is worsening with the emergence of xylazine, a dangerous and unpredictable animal tranquillizer that's putting drug users' lives at risk in alarming new ways, and advocates are calling for more to be done to address the issue.

One in 4 Colorado teens reported they could get access to a loaded gun within 24 hours, according to survey results published Monday. Nearly half of those teens said it would take them less than 10 minutes.

Criticism from human rights watchdogs mounted on Friday over the alleged brutality of French police in handling protests opposed to President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.

In Stockholm county alone, 126 shootings were recorded in 2022, resulting in 28 deaths.

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights published a report, reviewing violations of women’s rights and violence against them in Sweden.

The British government plans to move asylum seekers from hotels to military bases or disused ferries under plans that could be announced as early as next week, a report revealed.

Two prominent Palestinian rights groups highlighted Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners, saying the Tel Aviv regime enjoys a culture of impunity in the absence of international accountability and systematically subjects the detainees to various forms of torture.

Sweden faces high rates of firearm-related violence, despite having some of the world’s strictest gun laws, due to the increasing number of criminal gangs, according to experts.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said here on Saturday that violence scenes in France raise question among public opinion & French women where Europe, Canada and Australia feminist ministers are.