Deborah Shettima's husband and 17-year-old son were murdered by Muslim marauders in Abuja, and two daughters abducted. She was forced from her home and left jobless. She begged for help from fellow Christians. Boko Haram's terror continues unabated.

Acclaimed author and investigative journalist Edwin Black will lecture on the Redline Agreement - a diplomatic manouevre by the Great Powers to secure oil in the Mideast in the early 20th century. He will speak at Florida Atlantic University on Feb.5.

Muslim rebels in Mali impose martial law, cut off hands, and forcibly impress children into combat roles. Qatar is entwined with the rebels, hoping to extend Islam and its own regional power.

Due to the current political crisis, necessary economic changes will be postponed for an increasingly unstable Venezuela, a big exporter of oil to the US.

President Franco of Paraguay visits U.S. to discuss oil exploration in poverty-stricken arid region of the South American country. Paraguay currently imports oil, mostly from Venezuela.

The designate as Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Justin Welby, was once an oil company executive.

Tanks and Ak-47s were evident in Caracas as Venezuelans went to vote. Exit polls showed Capriles the winner, but the government-controlled electoral college gave the win to Chavez who has been in power for 14 years.

'Religious cleansing' now underway in northern Nigeria as Islamist terrorists rampage. Vatican condemns violence against Christians.

With an oil glut on its hands, Iran is faced with storing oil on its ships which wander the world seeking to sell cut-rate crude.

As Europe changes, Vladimir Putin has remained a constant.

It is all about oil, says a Catholic archbishop about the current fighting between Sudan and South Sudan.

Catholic Archbishop Lukudu Loro of Juba says that the people of South Sudan do not want war. "This is an economic conflict for the control of oil," he says.

Attacks by Boko Haram Islamists continue, as Christians continue to leave northern Nigeria.