Australian police arrested a 23-year-old man Tuesday for providing money to a U.S. citizen fighting with extremists in Syria.
The ongoing tremors from Japan's Mount Ontake have forced rescue teams to suspend efforts to recover the bodies of two dozen hikers killed in Saturday's eruption.
A high-ranking Vatican official is calling on the United Nations to use force to protect religious minorities in Iraq and Syria from the onslaught of the Islamic State.
The Chinese government has responded to the massive pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, saying it won't reverse its decision to screen candidates.
Rescue workers suspended their search for victims near the summit of a Japanese volcano that erupted over the weekend.
Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong continue defying government orders to disperse and go home.
Terrorist violence threatened the Afghanistan presidential inauguration Monday.
Canon Andrew White, the Anglican priest known as the Vicar of Baghdad, says he predicted the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq would bring disaster.
Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian mother who was once jailed and sentenced to death in Sudan for her faith, was honored at the Values Voter Summit.
US-led coalition forces carried out more airstrikes on Islamic State positions in northern and eastern Syria on Monday. Meanwhile, President Obama admitted his administration underestimated the terror group.