Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal ...

Saint Peter's, one of the world's oldest rock churches, is a sacred rallying point for the isolated Christians still left in ...

The Trump administration has embraced Syria's new leadership, but engagement is being tested by security risks and unresolved ...

With 2025 ending, Israelis are frustrated over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to fully end the Gaza war, solve ...

Christmas celebrations were muted at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach on Thursday in the aftermath of a terror attack that killed ...

Israel's parliament gave the initial go-ahead on Wednesday for a government-empowered inquiry into the surprise October 7, ...

Countries including Britain, Canada, Germany and others on Wednesday condemned the Israeli security cabinet's approval of 19 ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday urged Russia and Ukraine to find the "courage" to hold direct talks and spoke of the dire ...

A private jet carrying the chief of staff of Libya’s army reported an electrical failure and requested an emergency landing ...

Turkish democracy has taken a heavy beating since the jailing of Istanbul's popular opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his wife ...

Germany deported a man to Syria on Tuesday, the first such removal since the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011, marking a ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday met with Hamas political bureau officials in Ankara to discuss the ...