Christian communities in the Syrian cities of Latakia and Homs held celebrations this weekend marking the beginning of Advent, the Christmas season, lighting Christmas trees and opening themed markets.
The air quality index in Tehran has deteriorated to “unhealthy” and “alarming” levels, according to both outside experts and the Iranian government, which advised city residents to remain indoors last week.
Swedish professional protester Greta Thunberg on Sunday delivered a profanity-laced rant against Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her “f**king fascist” government during a pro-Palestine rally in Rome.
Pope Leo XIV, addressing the leaders of the government of Lebanon on Sunday, urged them to consider “what can be done to ensure that young people in particular do not feel compelled to leave their homeland and emigrate. ” He added rejecting migration is “very valuable” and requires “real courage.”
“A society that sacrifices its own children for pity and power is a death cult — and the liberal West is feeding the beast by validating its lies,” the son of a Hamas co-founder warned, describing Hamas’s strategy of turning Gaza’s civilians into human shields to win global sympathy.
Pope Leo XIV held prayers at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul on Sunday in a gesture of support for Christian unity and Christian minorities in Turkey.
Australian actor Guy Pearce has issued a public apology for sharing “misinformation and falsehoods” on social media about Israel including the false claim the Jewish state has “utter disdain for Palestinian life.”
Argentine President Javier Milei formally launched the “Isaac Accords,” declaring Argentina would serve as a “pioneer” with the United States in advancing a new regional framework to expand political, economic, and cultural cooperation with Israel.
The Gold Star father of one of the soldiers killed in the notorious Abbey Gate bombing during the disastrous 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan is continuing his condemnation of the Biden administration — this time following the recent shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC.
Bronze Star recipient Mark Lucas detailed how the U.S. military’s Afghan allies were “untrustworthy” and perpetuated a barbaric culture of pedophilia and abusing women in an interview after it was revealed that the suspect in the Washington, DC shooting of two members of the National Guard is an Afghan national who previously worked with the CIA.
Pope Leo XIV led a prayer meeting for Catholics in Turkey, highlighting Turkey’s status as a “holy land” critical to early Christianity.
Terrorist leaders in the Middle East have a tradition of using an alias, pseudonym, or “nom de guerre,” even when their true identities and given names are common knowledge.
Syrian security forces used gunfire on Tuesday to disperse feuding groups of protesters in Latakia, a coastal town in the area dominated by the once-influential, but now persecuted, Alawite religious minority.
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to pray for him on Wednesday as he prepared to depart for his first international tour as the Archbishop of Rome, stopping in Turkey to mark the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and in Lebanon to meet with the Christian community there.
Pope Leo XIV kicked off the first foreign trip of his papacy Thursday, landing in Turkey to begin a six-day Middle East tour.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar told the Argentina-based outlet Infobae the South American nation will finish moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by May 2026.
Shipping giant Maersk said on Tuesday that it was close to resuming shipping through the Suez Canal almost two years after terrorist attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen forced many transport companies to avoid the route through the Red Sea that leads to the canal.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday denounced before the Paraguayan parliament that Venezuela’s socialist regime is the main “nexus” that facilitates the presence of Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis in the region.
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) said that the Muslim Brotherhood has sponsored terrorism and while it’s a good thing that President Donald Trump has a relationship with the leadership of Qatar,
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended the United States’ relationship with Israel, pointing out that it is “really important” to have an ally and partner like Israel in “that corner of the world.”
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing a review of Muslim Brotherhood chapters to determine if they deserve foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) designations.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announced its mission to deliver food assistance to Gaza civilians is complete.
Actor Charlie Sheen said his father’s criticism of President Donald Trump was poorly timed because the “West Wing” star’s attack came on the same day that Trump was the toast of the world due to his Gaza peace deal.
A man who set fire to a Melbourne synagogue while worshippers were inside was motivated by mental illness rather than antisemitism, an Australian magistrate said on Monday.
Hundreds of Iranian-American scholars, professionals, human rights advocates, youth, and community leaders from across the United States joined prominent former U.S. and European officials in Washington to map what organizers called a concrete roadmap for democratic transition in Iran. The gathering warned the clerical regime has entered its “final phase” and insisted “a democratic alternative capable of replacing it” already exists in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) stated that parts of the Democratic Party are “becoming more and more anti-Israel,” and also said that new Democratic Party candidates are making it “front and
Jurors told to put political views aside as they heard evidence on a raid on a factory where a female police sergeant had her back broken.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said that New York City Mayor-Elect Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) has shown “when you stand on principle, Donald Trump and the world will bow to you” and people, even on
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations nuclear watchdog, voted on a resolution on Thursday demanding full cooperation from Iran and “precise information” about its stockpile of enriched uranium.
Islamist strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued an address on Thursday in which he warned that Turkey was facing an impending “disaster” due to its rapidly declining birth rate, which has been under replacement fertility for nearly a decade.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday presented detailed information about a massive underground “terror stronghold” constructed by Hamas beneath the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanun.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists besieged Manhattan’s prestigious Park East Synagogue on Wednesday night, chanting, “Globalize the intifada,” “Death to the IDF,” and “take another settler out,” in what critics warned is “just the beginning” of a radicalized climate under socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
President Donald Trump on Thursday met with recently freed Israeli hostages at the White House, just over a month after a historic Middle East peace deal that has thus far secured the release of the remaining living, and 25 of 28 deceased hostages, who were held captive by Hamas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday for in-person meetings with strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who asserted his desire to see Russia and Ukraine return to the “Istanbul process” of negotiations.
President Donald Trump appears to have suffered two diplomatic disappointments this month, as first Syria and then Saudi Arabia chose not to join the Abraham Accords.
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said that he doesn’t believe Israel is “overly worried” about the sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia and doing so “is not,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Ibrahim Almadi, the son of U.S. citizen Saad Almadi, who was released by Saudi Arabia, said that his father wouldn’t have been released without President Donald Trump and also credited CNN host Erin Burnett
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud on Wednesday signed a joint declaration on civilian nuclear cooperation, taking a step toward fulfilling Saudi Arabia’s nuclear power ambitions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reached out to his counterpart in Russia, Sergey Lavrov, on Monday in anticipation of a United Nations vote to potentially condemn the former’s illicit nuclear program – an admission of weakness following nearly a year of aggressive White House policies to curtail Iran’s malign international influence.
First Lady Melania Trump was elegantly mysterious in an emerald gown for a dinner in the East Room of the White House, where she and the president hosted the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
