On the second leg of his maiden papal trip, Leo was visiting Lebanon at a precarious moment for the small Mediterranean country after years of successive crises. He is fulfilling a promise of Pope ...

Israel’s military says its troops entered an area in southern Syria to apprehend two suspected militants when they came under ...

Amnesty International's secretary general says Syria's new authorities show some commitment to reform, transitional justice ...

Pope Leo XIV has made his first visit to a mosque since his election, and while he removed his shoes as a sign of respect, he did not appear to pray.

Pope Leo visited Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of ...

IDF releases body-camera footage of Syria gun battle that wounded six Israeli soldiers during arrest operation targeting ...

An Israeli military operation on a Syrian village Friday morning turned into the deadliest attack by a foreign nation on Syria since the ouster of former dictator Bashar al-Assad last year.

Sweden’s migration minister said he expects countries where Stockholm provides aid to ’cooperate and accept their citizens’ ...

Upon arrival, the Pope will visit the Atatürk Mausoleum, built in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first president ...

The UN Security Council will visit Syria and Lebanon next week, the Slovenian mission said Tuesday, as it looks to chair the ...

Pope Leo XIV has picked war-torn Lebanon as part of his first official trip abroad, aiming to call for unity and help ...

Leo XIV will meet political and religious leaders in Turkey and Lebanon, providing an early test of his geopolitical mettle.