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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has apologized for his yearslong friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey ...

The Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City was hit by an Israeli strike during the war with Hamas. It is one of dozens of heritage ...

Donald Trump’s White House Religious Liberty Commission is composed of members from various religious communities. The former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean Boller entered the Catholic Church ...

Javier Cercas ...

For decades, Taiwan has watched one ally after another cut diplomatic ties under pressure from China. Since 2016 alone, 10 ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance told U.S. athletes competing in the Milan Cortina Winter Games that the competition "is one of the few things that unites the entire country." ...

Kentucky basketball has been in a period of transition ever since parting ways with head coach John Calipari a couple of offseason ago, and new head coach Mark Pope has had some trouble adjusting to ...

If there was one team destined to make Super Bowl 60, it was definitely the Seattle Seahawks. During the preseason, the Seahawks were a 60-to-1 long shot to reach the Super Bowl, but oddsmakers ...

As President Trump ponders a second military strike on Iran, the relationship between the U.S. and Israel is evolving. The Trump administration cooperated with Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear ...

After Israel brought home the remains of its last hostage from Gaza on Monday, attention turned to the next and more challenging phase of its U.S.-brokered peace plan with Hamas, which should include ...

In his message for the 60th World Day of Social Communications, the American pontiff said, “Technology must serve the human person, not replace it.” Shortly after he was elected in May of 2025, the ...