Pope Francis spoke out against the recent Paris terrorist attacks that took place Friday evening, saying there are "no justifications" for the tragedy that killed 129 people.

Protesters have taken to the streets in Afghanistan after it was revealed that a nine-year-old girl was beheaded by extremists in the rural town of Zabul.

Officials in the U.S. and Great Britain have said they are uncertain a recent airstrike targeting Islamic State terrorist "Jihadi John" was successful in killing the well-known militant.

The Islamic State terror group released a video this week suggesting that a terror attack targeting Russia will happen \"soon.\"

A fisherman who was reportedly stranded at sea for 438 days before being rescued reportedly prayed to God for forgiveness during his harrowing experience.

Officials confirmed this week that China's recent change in its controversial One Child Policy will allow for an additional 3 million babies per year.

The ongoing investigation into the downing of a Russian passenger airliner suggests that the jet suffered "a violent, sudden" end during what would have been an otherwise normal flight over the Sinai Peninsula.

After Iranian protesters made international headlines for chanting \"death to America\" at the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran earlier this week, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei argued that the aggressive phrase does not imply \"death to the American people.\"

The controversial satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo has received criticism for reportedly printing offensive cartoons regarding the recent Russian airliner crash over the Sinai Peninsula.

Russian authorities announced Friday that they would be grounding all flights to Egypt until they figure out the cause of a recent Russian passenger airliner crash that killed 224 passengers as it traveled over the Sinai Peninsula late last week .

Ofificials in Great Britain announced Wednesday that the plane recently downed while flying over Russia was \"probably\" attacked by the Islamic State.