Middle East

Dubai, United Arab Emirates AP  —   Iran has decided to boycott the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, DC next…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally requested a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, arguing it was in the “public…

The black-clad priest yanked on the white rope. At once the bells began to clang. The evening mass was beginning…

Istanbul  —  Pope Leo XIV has made his first visit to a mosque since his election, and while he removed…

An Israeli military operation on a Syrian village Friday morning turned into the deadliest attack by a foreign nation on…

Several stations in central Israel were breached after hackers gained control of their internal broadcasting systems and broadcast audio recordings.…

Israeli authorities are reviewing an incident in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, in which soldiers shot two people following…

Ankara, Turkey  —  Pope Leo XIV warned of “conflict on the global level” in an impassioned address to civic leaders…

The Israeli army announced in a statement on Wednesday that it has launched a large-scale military operation in the northern…

Rome  —  Pope Leo XIV begins a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday, his first foreign trip since…