In recent years, archaeological discoveries from Israel and across the ancient Roman Empire are confirming stories from the Bible.
Christians around the world celebrated Easter Sunday, taking time to also remember those who suffer for the faith.
Islam is the world's fastest growing religion, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. And it's mainly due to much higher Muslim birth rates.
President Barack Obama is defending the framework agreement with Iran in the face of tough criticism from Israel and its supporters.
Somalia's Islamic extremist group al-Shabab on Saturday warned of more attacks in Kenya like the assault on Garissa University College in which 148 people were killed.
More than 500 people are dead and tens of thousands displaced because of fighting in Yemen, according the United Nations. At least 90 of the deceased are children.
Kenyan authorities have imposed a curfew in the northeast part of that country a day after radical Muslims slaughtered at least 147 Christian university students.
After eight days of negotiations, President Barack Obama says a framework nuclear agreement has been reached between Iran and the six world powers.
The Panama Canal has represented the shortest route to global shipping between the east and the west for more than 100 years. Now other countries are looking to get into the game, creating big changes in Central America.
Russia threatened to use nuclear aggression to defend its takeover of Crimea, the London Observer newspaper reports.