Jordan\'s queen has issued a statement blasting the Islamic State one day after the United Nations implored Arab countries to voice their opposition to the terrorist organization.

French officials have identified another French national in a recent execution video that shows the killing of dozens of Syrian soldiers.

In an astounding discovery, the robotic probe now on the surface of Comet 67P has found that the cosmic body heading towards the Sun contains organic molecules that are considered as the building blocks of life.

The United Nations spoke out against the Islamic State this week, urging other countries in the Arab world to publicly denounce the terror organization.

Pope Francis' mission of reforming the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States gained a boost on Tuesday when his appointee, Bishop Blase Cupich, took his seat as the new archbishop of Chicago, the nation's third largest Catholic archdiocese.

Two Palestinian attackers reportedly entered a Jerusalem temple Tuesday and killed four Israeli worshippers, as well as injuring six.

Oscar Pistorius has started serving his five-year sentence for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Recently it was reported that the South African Paralympic athlete was training along with a well known detainee in jail.

Pope Francis announced on Monday that he would visit the United States for the first time in September 2015. The visit is considered a pivotal one since it would take place just days before bishops from all over the world gather at a Vatican summit to finalize the Roman Catholic Church's stance on controversial issues including acceptance of gays and divorced and remarried Catholics.

For the first time, the US Navy has revealed that it has deployed combat-ready futuristic laser weapons aboard a warship patrolling the Persian Gulf not far from Iran.

Pope Francis will bring the "joy of Gospel personally" to the people of Asia when he begins an eight-day mission to Colombo, Sri Lanka, and then to Manila and typhoon-devastated Tacloban City in the Philippines, Asia's largest Roman Catholic nation, on Jan. 12, 2015, the Vatican and other church officials have announced.

The Christian minority in Iraq has successfully reclaimed the village of Bakufa from the Islamic State terrorist group.