Indonesian authorities state that it was a computer failure of the rudder control systems that caused the crash of the Air Asia flight that crashed into the Java Sea in December last year, killing all 162 people on board.

Students told local radio that banging and people dressed as extremists caused panic, leading to the stampede.

As the refugee crisis has grown to historic and epidemic proportions, many nations of the world are finding that they can no longer take them in.

The pope continues to venture into war torn Africa in an attempt to bring understanding and peace to a region divided by hatred and religious violence.

Germany announced that it wants to send 1,200 troops to Syria to help in coalition efforts to fight the Islamic State.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges to replace “Illegal migration, with legal migration.”

The Islamic State has run into a problem with defections. How this will affect their overall strategy is something American intelligence is trying to come to grips with.