It's known as the "City of Jasmine" and people first settled there in the 3rd millennium BC - but tourists are warned against ...

The low-boil conflict between Israel and Iran has shaped the Middle East for decades. Read more at straitstimes.com.

On October 20, the Catholic Church welcomed 14 new saints. Pope Francis presided over the canonization Mass for 11 Christians ...

About 1 in 4 people in the world—1.9 billion people—are Muslim. There are 49 countries where Muslims are the majority, and ...

The 14 soon-to-be saints each exemplified heroic virtue and witnessed to holiness within their unique vocations, including ...

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): An Israeli strike on a mosque in the Gaza Strip early Sunday killed at least 19 people ... Iran's ...

In a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 20, the pope declared three 19th-century founders of religious orders and the 11 ...

The Pope has commended the "lives of sacrifice, missionary zeal, and service to the Church" of 14 newly canonized saints.

Silence over Turkey’s attacks against Kurds is nearly universal, from the halls of the United Nations to America’s campuses ...

In the Iranian capital’s Palestine Square, a series of murals have telegraphed warnings to the country’s enemies.

The prophet Muhammad proclaimed the religion of Islam in a series of revelations (which came to be called the Qur’an ... The capital of the caliphate moved from Arabia to Damascus, Syria, in 661 and ...

Over 42,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel's war on Gaza as the army continues its siege of northern Gaza for a ...