Pope Francis addresses Ukraine, Middle East in Christmas Day message: ‘May the sound of weapons be silenced’
Pope Francis delivered his annual "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Christmas message and blessing from the...
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Controversy plagued UN agency that employed Oct. 7 terrorists facing new problems as country redirects funding
Pressure is building on the controversial U.N. agency UNRWA over its alleged and extensive ties with terror leaders that has...
Russia’s Syria exit could help Ukraine-Israel relationship as analyst warns it ‘offers little’ to Jerusalem
With the collapse of the Assad regime and Russia’s declining influence in Syria, some are saying that an opportunity for...
Islamist group running Syria has mixed record over governance in province, ruled with ‘iron fist’
Following Bashar al-Assad's fall from power, a new government is taking shape in Syria that has many wondering if it...
Israel to close embassy in Ireland over ‘anti-Israel policies’
Israel says it will close its embassy in Ireland in the coming weeks over the Irish government's "extreme anti-Israel policies."Israeli...
Keeping Sanctions in Force Would “Pull the Rug Out From Under Syria”
After a shock offensive by rebels brought an end to Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Syria is at a crossroads. Rebuilding Syria...
One Year of Empty Rhetoric From the White House on Israel’s Wars
In March, as Israel threatened to invade Rafah in southern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians had been sheltering,...
UN’s ‘Pact for the Future’ full of empty promises, will be ‘cudgel’ to attack the United States, expert warns
The United States should resist the proposed United Nations' (U.N.) "Pact for the Future," which aims to recenter the global...
Israel, British Jews slam UK’s ‘hypocritical’ decision to suspend arms exports
JERUSALEM – Israeli leaders and British Jews have slammed a U.K. government decision announced on Monday to suspend 30 arms export...
Netanyahu hits back over global pressure to make cease-fire concessions, says demands are ‘immoral’, ‘insane’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fiercely defended his insistence on maintaining control of the strategically important Philadelphi Corridor even as...
UK suspends dozens of arms sales to Israel
The United Kingdom is suspending dozens of weapons exports to Israel over concerns the arms could be used to break...
WHO to deliver 1.3M polio vaccine doses to 640K children in Gaza
The U.N. health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children in Gaza against...
