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Pushed by a wave of demonstrations by women’s groups, the homeland of Pope Francis seems closer than ever to legalizing…

US actress Natalie Portman, this year’s recipient of a prize dubbed the “Jewish Nobel,” has pulled out of the June…

Community leaders from the Christian ethnic Kachin community have called for urgent medical attention for about 2,000 civilians, including pregnant…

For some male victims of sexual assault and abuse, #MeToo can feel more like #WhatAboutMe? They admire the women speaking…

Yemeni tribal leaders say security forces have killed two suspected al-Qaida operatives in the country’s southern province of Abyan. They…

People in Warsaw pinned paper daffodils to their clothes as the Polish capital began a day of commemorations Thursday on…

A 57-year-old bureaucrat will take Raul Castro’s place as the president of Cuba on Thursday as a government led by…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that although he’s looking ahead optimistically to a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader…

The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots as Hollywood’s blockbuster “Black Panther”…

The head of the global chemical watchdog agency has rejected Russian claims that traces of a second nerve agent were…

International chemical weapons inspectors do not appear to have visited the site of a suspected attack in Syria after days…

A massive Chinese infrastructure program that Beijing says is aimed at promoting global trade and economic growth is actually intended…

Is Israel a success as it turns 70? As Israelis commemorate the milestone this week, satisfaction and a grim disquiet…

Former FBI Director James Comey says it’s “not OK” or “not normal” for the president to call for the jailing…

Three years ago, Starbucks was widely ridiculed for trying to start a national conversation on race relations by asking its…

A false alarm set off Syrian air defense systems early on Tuesday, the military said, denying earlier reports of an…

President Donald Trump and his allies have hit a new level of anxiety after the raid on his personal attorney’s…

British Prime Minister Theresa May told restive lawmakers Monday that military airstrikes on Syria were right both legally and morally,…

An electrifying new documentary series on the problematic integration of Middle Eastern Jews by Israel’s European founders in the 1950s…

Syrian state-run media reported that the country’s air defenses confronted a new “aggression,” shooting down missiles over the central region…