Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Alexandria and Jerusalem for Melkite Catholics, Gregory III Lahham, addressed, on Saturday, a message to Aleppo and Syrians, and Christians in particular, entitled: “Peace is coming to Syria, following peace in Aleppo.” “On the occasion of the Holy […]
Pope Francis on Sunday offered a Christmas hope for peace in a world lacerated by war and terrorism, urging people to remember migrants, refugees and those hit by economic instability caused by “idolatry of money”. Francis, marking the fourth Christmas season since his election in […]
Security was heightened for the Christmas weekend in Italy and at the Vatican on Saturday after Italian police killed the man believed to be responsible for the Berlin market truck attack while other European cities kept forces on high alert. In France, Britain and Germany, […]
‘Tis the season to be jolly… Because New Year is getting closer! While in most Western countries the main winter holiday is Christmas, in Russia it is New Year’s Day that is celebrated on a large scale across the country. In preparations for the most […]
On Sunday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry’s Tu-154 aircraft en route to Syria with 92 people on board crashed into the Black Sea shortly after refueling at an airport in the Russian resort city of Adler. Fragments of the plane were discovered 1 mile from […]
JUDY WOODRUFF: So, why did the Obama administration today abstain from voting on the United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem? We ask Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications to the president. Ben Rhodes, […]
BARTELLA, Iraq (AP) — For the 300 Christians who braved wind and rain to attend Christmas’s Eve Mass in their hometown, the ceremony evoked both holiday cheer and grim reminders of the war raging around their northern Iraqi town, and the distant prospect of moving […]
BETHLEHEM — The Palestinian Authority is hosting a throng of visitors for Christmas celebrations in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Thousands of pilgrims from around the world flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas. There were longs lines at the ancient Church of […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida >> After months of promising to engage more with Russia, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to enhance America’s nuclear capabilities, admonishing Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that he hopes both global powers can restore collaboration so that “we do not have […]
The Lebanese Cabinet approved on Saturday the Ministerial Statement for the new government, to be presented to the parliament to gain the vote of confidence upcoming week. Information Minister, Melhem Riachy, relayed to the press the on goings of the session after its conclusion. He […]
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