U.S. officials announced this week that an American serviceman was killed in the recent raiding of an Islamic State stronghold in northern Iraq.

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested this week that the U.S. is playing a "double game" with its Middle East policy against terrorist groups. Putin's comments are the latest contribution to growing tension between Russia and the U.S. on Middle East policy.

Two are dead and two injured after a masked man stormed a Swedish school on Thursday, attacking teachers and students with a sword.

The Vatican denied a report this week that suggested Pope Francis is suffering from a brain tumor.

Canadian officials announced this week that they will be withdrawing their fighter jets from the U.S.-led airstrike coalition against the Islamic State.

Pope Francis recently described the Bible as a \"highly dangerous book\" in the prologue for a newly-released youth Bible.

While speaking recently from St. Peter\'s Square at the Vatican, Pope Francis offered a broad apology for the \"scandals\" in the Catholic church, leading followers to question what the pontiff\'s apology specifically pertained to.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently criticized the United States\' approach to the Syrian crisis, arguing that the U.S. approach is \"weak\" and \"lacks an agenda.\"

A Scottish nurse who survived the deadly Ebola virus while fighting the epidemic in West Africa last year has reportedly fallen \"critically ill\" in recent days, a London hospital has announced.

Russian officials have requested a new probe into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 after an independent Dutch investigation recently revealed that the passenger aircraft was likely downed by a Russian missile.

The children of a British man sentenced to 250 public lashings in Saudi Arabia have called on the British government to intervene regarding their father\'s strict punishment.