Monica Cantilero
Boko Haram pursues reign of terror as deaths spiral amid bombings, shootings
Suspected Boko Haram militants pursued their campaign of terror in Nigeria on Tuesday, detonating a bomb at a local government building on the outskirts of Zaria in northern Nigeria, killing at least 25 people.
Two missing British girls who flew to Syria tell parents they're now ISIS 'jihadi brides'
Two of the three British schoolgirls who ran away from their homes to travel to Syria in February have already married husbands chosen for them by the Islamic State, decreasing the chances that they will return to their respective families.
Democrat Jim Webb and Republican Chris Christie join 2016 race for White House
Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have both jumped into the Democrat and Republican races as presidential nominees, respectively.
'No kindness towards strangers': Defector describes forbidding life in North Korea
In what is claimed as the "greatest nation on earth" ruled by then "benevolent god-leader" Kim Il-sung and now his son Kim Jong-il, "kindness towards strangers is rare," said a defector and now-human rights advocate.
Pope Francis to speak about 'protection of creation' in July 5-12 Latin America visit
Pope Francis is set to return to his home continent on Sunday on a swamped seven-day apostolic visit to Latin America's peripheries: Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay, with the pontiff expected to speak about the "protection of creation" and social justice.
ISIS destroys 2,000-year-old statue, other artefacts as part of its 'cultural cleansing'
The Islamic State has reportedly broken cultural artefacts from the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra into pieces, including one treasure that dates as far back as the second century.
Iraqi Christians' fate hangs in balance as they wait for West aid, Kurdish autonomy
The fate of Christians in Islamic State-ravaged Iraq hangs in the balance as the minority waits for the US and the West for help and hopes for the Kurdish Regional Government's support for their eventual autonomy.
US drone strike kills key ISIS leader linked to terrorist attacks in Tunisia and Libya
An air strike led by the US has killed a key Islamic State leader who is in-charge of carrying foreign fighters as well as weapons from Libya to Syria, the Pentagon has revealed.
ISIS prisoners executed by fighters from rival group wearing orange jumpsuits
A rival jihadist group fighting against the Islamic State in Syria has turned the tables against the latter as it executed ISIS fighters while wearing orange jumpsuits-- a trademark attire of the victims of ISIS, according to reports.
Mideast allies say Obama, other Western leaders blocking them from arming Kurds
US president Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have been accused of blocking attempts by Middle East allies to directly arm the Kurds who are fighting against the Islamic State in Iraq.
US, Cuba restoring diplomatic ties, opening embassies to end over 54 years of Cold War
The US and Cuba have made a huge leap in reconstructing diplomatic ties by agreeing to open embassies in each other's capitals.
Pope Francis on Greece debt crisis: 'Human dignity must remain at centre of any debate'
Pope Francis has encouraged the faithful to pray for Greece and her people amid the country's debt crisis and maintained that dignity should be the heart of political debates.
Pistol-packing US bishop: 'We're not going to turn the other cheek while you shoot us'
A church in Jackson, Michigan has chosen to guard their congregation through a secret armed security team embedded among the parishioners following the June 17 shootings in a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina that killed NUMBER people.
ISIS executes 160 children and women for refusing to fast during Ramadan, sorcery
The jihadist group Islamic State has executed more than three thousand people in their bid to spread terror not only in the Middle East but around the world, exempting no one as victims include 160 children and women.
Over 100 dead in Sinai battles as militants with ISIS links launch offensive in Egypt
Islamic State-linked jihadists tried to spread their brand of militancy to Egypt on Wednesday, attacking military checkpoints in North Sinai and killing 17 Egyptian soldiers, according to Egyptian military authorities.
Jailed US Marine turned imam who sent young men to join terrorists abroad is freed
A former Marine turned imam accused of radicalising terrorists has been set free by a federal judge who said the accused is a "very bad man" but prosecutors failed to prove their case to keep him behind bars.