A top police officer for the Islamic State terrorist group was recently found decapitated with a cigarette shoved into his mouth, a Syrian monitoring group said.

Search and rescue teams working in the Java Sea to find the remains of AirAsia flight 8501 have reportedly recovered what they believe to be a section of the plane\'s tail wing.

An American health worker who was highly exposed to the Ebola virus while serving in Sierra Leone reportedly arrived in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday for possible treatment.

An archaeological team has announced that it has possibly discovered the site of Jesus\' trial in Israel.

The AirAsia QZ 8501 was flying on an unauthorized schedule when it crashed, according to the Indonesian transport ministry, prompting it to suspend the airline's permission to fly the Surabaya-Singapore route.

Breaking with tradition and at the same time bending Vatican rules, Pope Francis on Sunday named 20 new cardinals coming from various far-flung corners of the world. It was the second time he made such major appointments in his less than two years at the helm of the Roman Catholic Church.

The president of Sierra Leone recently called on citizens to pray in an effort to end the Ebola epidemic.

Activist groups announced this week that the U.S. military carried out multiple airstrikes on the Islamic Sate stronghold of Raqqa recently.

Scientists have warned that climate change is causing the Himalayas to warm faster than the global average, making summiting Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain, increasingly dangerous and risky. Worst, it may soon be not climbable at all.

While speaking from the Vatican this week, Pope Francis sought to address those who are less fortunate this Christmas season, pointing to victims of poverty and violence around the world.

An airline in Saudi Arabia has announced its decision to segregate passengers based on gender after male customers reportedly complained.