Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in his Easter address on Sunday, called for peace in the Holy Land two days after 15 Palestinians were […]
Source: Associated Press By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president recited an Islamic prayer Saturday in the Hagia Sophia, a historic Istanbul landmark that has become a symbol of […]
Source: Associated Press By SARAH EL DEEB and ANDREA ROSA KOBANI, Syria (AP) — Two British militants believed to have been part of an Islamic State group cell notorious for […]
Source: The Washington Post By Christine Emba Columnist March 30 Email the author On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal was compelled to issue an amusing, if embarrassing, correction after misquoting Israel’s prime minister the day before. […]
Source: MSN News QASR EL-YAHUD, West Bank — Pilgrims seeking serenity during a visit to Jesus’ traditional baptism site may be rattled to discover they are surrounded by thousands of […]
Source: The Guardian By Liz Ford Millions of women embrace social network to push for social reforms including abolition of system of male dominion Supported by Saudi Arabia has more than […]
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has expedited construction permits to enable temporary quarters for the U.S. Embassy to open in Jerusalem as planned in May, the Finance Ministry said […]
Source: Associated Press By ARON HELLER JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s leading demographics expert on Tuesday defended military figures indicating the number of Arabs will soon equal that of Jews in […]
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol, a contributing opinion writer, is a visiting fellow at the Freedom Project at Wellesley College. Over the past 15 years, my country, Turkey, […]
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol March 25, 2018 The antigovernment protests that erupted in Iran in the last days of 2017 showed that millions of Iranians are now […]
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron A photo of the Rev. Andrew Brunson during his time in prison. Photo courtesy of World Witness (RNS) — A North Carolina pastor who has […]
Source: Reuters By Raya Jalabi MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – For residents of the Old City, returning to Mosul is an exercise in trying to forget. Moayad stands in front of […]
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Anti-Defamation League is lashing out at one of Israel’s chief rabbis for comparing black people to monkeys. The New York City-based organization devoted […]
Source: Associated Press By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SUSANNAH GEORGE BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Adel Al-Toraifi March 19, 2018 6:09 p.m. ET Riyadh, Saudi Arabia The year 1979 was a watershed for the Middle East. Iranian revolutionaries overthrew […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michael Birnbaum and Quentin Ariès March 19 Email the author BRUSSELS — The Belgian government has decided to terminate the long-term lease of the country’s largest and oldest mosque to the […]
Source: Reuters RIYADH (Reuters) – Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear headcover or the black abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety – as long as […]
Source: BBC News More than 60,000 people have fled two separate offensives in Syria in recent days, the UN says. Up to 16,000 people have fled Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, […]
Source: BBC News Seven-year-old Rouaa has lived most of her life in a refugee camp and dreams of a better life. The BBC’s Caroline Hawley has been following her story. […]
Source: Reuters BY Elana Ringler 3 MIN READ JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A decades-old exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from compulsory military service is a deeply divisive issue in Israel at the […]