Monica Cantilero
Latest ISIS executions show risks faced by secret resistance groups in Syria and Iraq
The recent killings of alleged spies in the ranks of the Islamic State shows the huge risks being taken by activists who struggle to reveal to the world what it is like to be in the belly of the beast, according to a report.
Why did jihadists attack Tunisia? Catholic priest provides comprehensive explanation
One of the Catholic Church's leading Catholic priests in Tunisia has maintained that majority of Tunisians are not extremists despite the terror attack last month which killed 38 people.
Spanish High Court protects pharmacists' conscience right not to sell contraceptives
Spain's Constitutional Court has ruled that requiring pharmacists to sell morning-after pills can be against their belief, protecting the conscience rights of pharmacists.
President Obama places odds of reaching nuclear deal with Iran at 'less than 50-50'
US President Barack Obama has put the odds of ironing a nuclear deal with Iran at "less than 50-50," telling Democrats that he will not accept a bad deal just for the sake of having a legacy.
$5,000 bounty announced for anyone who kills Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi
The spouse of the Christian woman in Pakistan who was sentenced to death after she drank from the same vessel used by Muslim women said a bounty was set by a lynch mob over her head to kill her.
ISIS militants burn women and their sons alive in Iraq for refusal to join group
Women and children are not exceptions to the brutal terror campaign of the Islamic State as five women and their sons were burned in the Anbar Province after they refused to give their children to the jihadist group, a tribal leader who has been fighting the ISIS in Central Iraq said.
In debt-mired Greece, Chanel designer bag becomes even more valuable than money
As Greece continues to sink ever deeper into economic uncertainty, some have chosen to park their money into luxury items before the value of their money goes next to nil.
Franciscans call for prayers for safe return of priest abducted by militants in Syria
Franciscan missionaries spreading the Word of God in the Holy Land have asked the faithful to pray for the safe return of Father Dhiya Aziz. who was taken by militants in Syria on Saturday.
ISIS video shows children simultaneously executing prisoners with shot to the head
The Islamic State has forced children to brutally execute more than 25 people who are allegedly soldiers of the Syrian regime in the ancient city of Palmyra, a new video released by the Islamist extremist group showed.
ISIS recaptures key city from Kurds as jihadists fire rockets into southern Israel
Islamic State fighters again have seized the key Syrian city of Ain Issa, a key city near a supply route, from Kurdish forces, according to reports.
Inspired by Christian missionaries, Boko Haram members convert to Christianity
Native Christian workers continue to preach the Word of God despite the terror campaign of Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria, with some members of the Islamic State affiliate even converting to Christianity after being inspired by the missionaries' courage.
US jets intercept Russian bombers capable of carrying nukes off US airspace on July 4
Two pairs of Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons have been stopped by the US Air Force from entering the country's airspace on US Independence Day, a move seen by the military as a challenge to the US government as tensions again heighten between the two Cold War rivals.
Christian couple accused of blasphemy in Pakistan nearly lynched by angry mob
The Pakistani police saved an illiterate couple from a mob who tried to kill them for allegedly violating the Muslim-dominated country's anti-blasphemy laws, the latest in a string of violent attacks against religious minorities.
Campaign vs. 'opportunistic, nimble' ISIS to last for generations â President Obama
US President Barack Obama asked the public to prepare for a "long-term campaign" against the Islamic State as he outlined his administration's plan to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the jihadist group, according to reports.
3 Afghan girls splashed with acid on their faces 'as punishment for going to school
Three girls are now trying to recover in a hospital in Afghanistan after attackers on a motorbike threw acid in their faces for going to school, according to reports.
US-led airstrikes hammer ISIS 'capital' in bid to weaken its ability to move its forces
The US-led coalition held 16 airstrikes on Saturday and early Sunday in Raqqa, Syria, declared by the Islamic State as the de facto capital of what it claimed is its caliphate, as forces attempt to debilitate ISIS' capability to transfer military ware, a US Army official said.