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Pope Francis condemned the “brutal persecution” of minorities by Islamic State insurgents in his Christmas message on Thursday and urged people not to be indifferent to the suffering of so many around the world.

An Israeli and a Palestinian pick olives together in a disputed area. While Palestinians are often attacked by Israeli settlers as they collect olives, some Israelis have also taken to protecting them

On December 19, less than one month after Sony Pictures Entertainment suffered one of the worst computer hacks in history, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation announced it had found the culprit: North Korea.

President Barack Obama is welcoming Sony Pictures' decision to release a controversial movie about the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

From the vast distance of space, Italian astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti,joined the UNICEF #IMAGINE campaign on December 22, 2014, adding her voice to an expanding global chorus of John Lennon’s anthem to peace and hope, Imagine.

A UN peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) examines AK-47 magazines stored in a warehouse in Beni after they have been collected in the demobilization process in Matembo, North Kivu.

Five bombs have exploded in Yemen's capital, killing at least one person and wounding one other.

A human rights group says Islamic State militants are using "rape as a weapon" against ethnic Yazidi women seized from northern Iraq in what amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Eleven people were injured, two seriously, when a man shouting "Allahu Akbar" (‘God is Great’ in Arabic) drove his car into crowds of pedestrians Sunday in the French city of Dijon. Witnesses say he invoked "the children of Palestine" to explain his actions.

Tensions are rising on the Israeli border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.