President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned as a "barbaric murder" the slaying of British aid worker David Haines by Islamic State extremists.
British aid worker David Haines devoted his life to helping civilians in war zones and that is how he should be remembered, his family said Sunday as they grieved his death at the hands of Islamic State militants in Syria.
With survivors dying in growing numbers and their live testimonies soon to be a thing of the past, Holocaust commemoration efforts are increasingly focused around preserving the belongings that contain their stories.
Following a 90-minute trial on Sunday, North Korea's Supreme Court convicted a California man of espionage, accusing him of "hostile acts" against the government.
Leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group and allied clerics said on Saturday that they are departing Qatar, where they had sought refuge following the ouster of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and the crackdown on his supporters.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship announced this week it is "developing a new style of campus ministry" that doesn't "rely on established campus structures."
Galyna Kucher, with Orphan's Promise, will be the first to admit she's in unfamiliar territory. She's made several trips to Ukraine's war zone, each time struggling with the magnitude of suffering and heartbreak.
President Barack Obama pledged to help protect Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East.
New intelligence suggests ISIS may be three times the size of initial reports of 10,000. The news comes as congressional leaders begin to debate President Barack Obama's plan to target the jihadist army.
In the war zone of eastern Ukraine, life has come to a standstill. Everything has stopped working: hospitals, schools, factories, mines and shops.