A chilling video purportedly showing a boy executing two alleged Russian spies has been released by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group.

A national atheist group based in Wisconsin has reportedly donated $20,000 to the Paris-based Charlie Hebdo newspaper so it may continue production following a recent terrorist attack.

The wife of a Saudi blogger who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashings says that her husband may not be able to physically sustain the punishment.

Recent satellite images taken over northern Nigeria show the recent destruction wreaked by the Boko Haram terror group that left 2,000 dead.

Church bells rang throughout the Philippines as millions of Filipinos joyfully greeted the arrival of Pope Francis on Thursday evening with people from all walks of life lining the streets of Manila while the rest watched the historic event unfold on live television.

Germany has approved a law that authorizes the confiscation of personal identification (ID) cards from suspected Muslim terrorists for up to three years, which was twice as long as originally planned.

An international human rights watchdog group has condemned the recent ruling in Egypt that sentenced a student to three years imprisonment for expressing his atheist beliefs on Facebook.

An Israeli newspaper is gaining international attention after it published a photo of the recent unity march in Paris, but edited out prominent female world leaders from the photo, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Yemen branch of the al Qaeda terror group has taken responsibility for the recent terror attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper headquarters in France that killed 12.

It was the first time that the leader of the Roman Catholic Church visited a predominantly Hindu nation after two decades. At the start of his week-long tour of Asia, Pope Francis told Catholic believers in Sri Lanka to pursue the truth if they want to end a quarter-century of injustice caused by a civil war.

In a new effort to curb terrorism, France announced this week that it had arrested 54 people for defending terrorism, either by making hateful comments or glorifying extremism.