Iraqi officials announced this week that an Iraqi military fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb over a Baghdad neighborhood, killing 12.

78-year-old Pope Francis said Friday at St. Peter\'s Square in Rome that he does not believe in the notion of \"leaders for life\" within the Catholic church, saying such a practice would be similar to a country dictatorship.

Witnesses in Nigeria are reporting that a teenage suicide bomber killed 12 Friday when she detonated her explosive device in a mosque in the northeastern village of Malari.

Authorities in Nigeria reported Thursday that the Boko Haram terror group reportedly gunned down 97 victims Wednesday evening as they participated in evening prayers at local mosques.

Five people were injured Wednesday when suicide bombers targeted a temple in Luxor, Egypt, but were stopped from entering by an alert security guard.

U.S. President Barack Obama said this week that there is still not a \"complete strategy\" for the U.S.-led coalition to combat the Islamic State because the Iraqi government needs to make more \"commitments.\"

A member of Iraq\'s parliament recently stated that a new democracy must be formed in the Middle Eastern country to combat extremist Muslim groups like the Islamic State.

The highest court in Saudi Arabia recently ruled to uphold the strict sentence for liberal blogger Raif Badawi that includes lashings and imprisonment.

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the G7 Summit in Germany this week regarding the Islamic State.

Actor Patrick Stewart has reportedly spoken out in support of a U.K. bakery that refused to make a cake for a same sex wedding.

The pilot suspected of intentionally crashing a Germanwings flight earlier this year had reportedly contacted doctors prior to the incident, investigators say.