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Pope Francis set to become first pontiff to visit the Great Mosque of Rome

Pope Francis is set to be the first Pope to enter the Great Mosque of Rome, according to the president of the Union of Italy's Islamic Communities.

Women's war, too: All-female Christian militia versus ISIS' all-female group of suicide bombers

In hopes to protect their children and their homeland, Christian mothers and wives have formed an all-female militia to fight the extremist group Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.

ISIS cuts salary of its fighters by half as it suffers economic pressure from sustained military campaign

New leaked documents show that the terror group Islamic State (ISIS) has cut the salaries of all its fighters by half starting last year following a sustained military pressure across Syria and Iraq.

Father rejects plea deal in New York church beating that killed son

Bruce Leonard, 65, appeared in the Oneida County Courthouse in an orange prison jumpsuit and wrist and ankle shackles.

Islamic State frees 270 people it kidnapped from Syrian city

The civilians were captured when fighters attacked Syrian government-held areas in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said.

Gunmen attack Pakistan university, at least 20 students confirmed dead

A spokesman for the rescue workers said eight bodies had been recovered so far.

ISIS releases new photos of another man accused of being gay pushed off rooftop to his death

The extremist group Islamic State (ISIS) has posted sickening images that show how they sentenced another homosexual by throwing him off the top of a building in al-Furat province.

Austrian police receive complaints of sexual, physical assault by young migrants on local schoolgirls

Austrian police are investigating a report of sexual and physical assault perpetrated by four underage asylum seekers against three Austrian teenage school girls for months at the Scholassstrasse Middle School in Salzburg.

Switzerland criticised for confiscating cash, valuables of migrants before allowing them to enter

Switzerland has come under fire over its law that mandates officials to confiscate belongings of asylum seekers upon their entry into the country.

Starving boy in besieged Syrian town died 'in front of our eyes,' says U.N. official

A United Nations (UN) official was reportedly shocked to witness the death of a severely malnourished 16-year old boy who died "in front of our eyes'' in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya near Damascus.

Escaped Yazidi women describe harrowing life in ISIS country where they were raped, enslaved and brutally tortured

Some of the thousands of Yazidi women captured and enslaved by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Sinjar, northern Iraq have managed to escape to describe the horrific abuse, rape, slavery and brutal torture they suffered in the hands of their barbaric captors, the Daily Mail reported.

Allah allows Muslim men to rape infidel women to \'humiliate them,\' female Islamic scholar says