A recent video uploaded by the Islamic State shows militants destroying valuable Iraqi artifacts in the town of Mosul, an ancient city rich in Christian history.

Abductors of an American missionary in Nigeria are demanding ransom payment that has been reduced to $150,000 from the original amount of $300,000.

Ukraine has announced its plans for a \"heavy weapon withdrawal\" from the east as the beginning step to their recognition of a peace treaty with Russia.

Investigators have identified a well-known member of the Islamic State involved in multiple online beheading videos as a Londoner from a well-to-do family who traveled to Syria in 2012 to fight with the terrorist group.

Tensions are mounting between the U.S. and North Korea after a U.S. official said he is \"deeply concerned\" about the possible number of nuclear weapons the Asian country has.

The Vatican is receiving criticism from Mexico after Pope Francis recently referenced the \"Mexicanization\" of Argentina due to drug trafficking.

Iran\'s military staged mock attacks of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, suggesting that such attacks would be held in a war situation. The U.S. has downplayed the drill, saying the American military is fully capable of defending itself.

A leader of the Coptic Christian church recently said that he forgives the Islamic State terrorists who recently beheaded 21 Coptic Christians in Libya, adding that he doesn\'t forgive the act, but he does forgive the murderers.

Reports from Nigeria indicate an American Christian missionary working at a local school in the village of Emiworo was kidnapped by masked gunmen on Monday.

Syrian watchdog groups have reported that at 70 to 90 Assyrian Christians were kidnapped by the Islamic State near the small Syrian village of Tal Tamr recently.

Arizona Senior Senator John McCain recently said that he is \"ashamed of [his] country\" and himself for failing to help the Ukrainian people in their current fight against pro Russia separatists.