Burials have begun in the Pakistani region of Peshawar one day after a violent Taliban attack that left 148 victims dead, mostly children.

Pakistan\'s military forces have reportedly regained control of a well-known military school in Peshawar following a \"horrific\" Taliban attack that killed over 140 victims, mostly children.

The Iranian refugee who held over one dozen hostages in a cafe in Sydney, Australia earlier this week reportedly had a violent past.

Taliban gunmen murdered at least 145 students and teachers during an attack on a Pakistani military school in Peshawar on Tuesday.

An atheist cafe in Cairo, Egypt was reportedly raided by police recently for alleged \"satanic worshipping.\"

Police in Sydney, Australia confirmed that three people were killed Tuesday as part of a hostage situation in the city's downtown area.

An erroneous media report last week allegedly quoting Pope Francis nearly officially opened the gates of heaven to dogs and other animals. Picked up by major news outlets worldwide including the New York Times and CNN, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera ran a headline on Nov. 27 saying "The pope and animals: Paradise is open to all creatures."

A tense hostage situation in Sydney, Australia ended Tuesday morning when police stormed a local cafe where an unknown number of hostages were being held by a suspected Iranian refugee.

A Taliban bomb has killed two American soldiers in a NATO convoy late on Friday night near the U.S. Bagram Airfield base north of Kabul, a U.S. defense official confirmed on Saturday morning.

Flights were disrupted at Heathrow Airport in London, England Friday after a computer glitch at the airport\'s air traffic control center.

Israeli authorities are reporting that a Palestinian man poured acid on an Israeli family in the West Bank on Friday as part of an alleged terrorist attack.