The keeper of the Vatican’s secrets is retiring. Here’s what he wants you to know
BY NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk…
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Holocaust survivors mark 80 years since mass Paris roundup
A memorial is pictured near a train car symbolizing the Drancy camp, at the Shoah…
Pope’s Ukraine diplomacy a political and spiritual tightrope
VATICAN CITY (AP) — His appeals for an Orthodox Easter truce in Ukraine went unheeded.…
Russia’s failure to take down Kyiv was a defeat for the ages
By ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyiv was a Russian defeat for the ages. The…
Orthodox patriarch blesses shrine near 9/11 memorial
The spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians gave his formal blessing Tuesday to…
Lebanon’s oldest English-language daily folds amid crisis
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Hezbollah hammered with criticism amid Lebanon’s crises
BEIRUT (AP) — Driving back to base after firing rockets toward Israeli positions from a…
Ex-premier’s graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait
BY ISABEL DEBRE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE – In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Kuwaiti Minister…
Olympic powerbroker to go on trial in Geneva in forgery case
Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah will go on trial in Switzerland this month in…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah suing those accusing it of port blast
Relatives of victims of the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion hold portraits of their loved…
Israeli court: Damascus Bibles to stay in National Library
JERUSALEM — A quarter century after Israeli spies, a Canadian activist and a Syrian rabbi…
Hebrew University adds new manuscripts to Einstein archive
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Hebrew University announced Wednesday that it had obtained a “magnificent” collection…
Iran tries to reconcile Syria and Hamas, rebuilding alliance
FILE – In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal salutes…
State-Run KUNA: Kuwaiti Actor Abdulredha Dies at Age 78
KUWAIT CITY — Abdulhussain Abdulredha, Kuwait’s most prominent actor and comedian who delighted audiences with…
FIFA official Sheikh Ahmad resigning amid bribery claims
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA Council member Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait is…
FIFA audit official admits bribery in US federal probe
MACOLIN, Switzerland (AP) — The sprawling American investigation of bribery and corruption in international soccer…
Russia friend and sanctions foe, Tillerson gets his hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Friend of Russia and foe of sanctions in his corporate life, President-elect…
Aliyah from Western Europe hits all-time high
It would be a great loss- human, cultural, scientific, and religious- for Europe (France in…
Diack’s son, 2 Russians banned for life in IAAF scandal
LONDON (AP) — The son of former IAAF president Lamine Diack and two Russian officials…
Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad to appeal 6-month sentence
By Hussain Al-Qatari | AP December 11 KUWAIT CITY — A Kuwaiti sheikh who is a major…
AP Exclusive: UN to let Iran inspect alleged nuke work site
As the AP Exclusive has proven to be “controversial”, METransparent suggests that its readers should…
