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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A group of 19 Catholic priests and academics have urged bishops to denounce Pope Francis as…
The fall of the nearly 30-year regime of Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir was almost entirely due to the heroism and…
Just by getting rid of a dictator, Sudan’s protestors (as well as Algeria’s) have ended the new, counterrevolutionary normal in…
To forge a better future, the country must break the vicious cycle of military rule followed by incompetent, corrupt rule…
The most the Arabs can aspire to is to provide indirect help in forging a “Jewish unity” government. This indicates…
Exclusive: Parliament speaker Nabih Berri’s links with Iran are focus of White House ire The United States is considering…
A mural for the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran was installed in Valiasr Square in Tehran last…
In the introduction to his 2006 book “The God Delusion,” author Richard Dawkins boldly declares his goal: “If this book works…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Hebrew University announced Wednesday that it had obtained a “magnificent” collection of Albert Einstein’s manuscripts, shedding…
Ng.ru’s military “observer” Vladimir Mukhin posted an article titled “Moscow Is Changing the Astana Format for The Russian Israeli One”…
Dudu Tassa’s new album, El-Hajar, (Exile) is winning over listeners in Iraq, where his grandfather and great uncle were once…
Let’s pause for a moment to recall the circumstances that led to the establishment of the Joint List. Fear of…
Francis’ words on the flight back from his trip to Panama: “We need an objective education, without ideologies” DOMENICO AGASSO…
And other findings from the largest domestic study of sexual desire ever conducted Most Americans don’t experiment with what we…
Tehran’s harsh policy in the Syrian conflict is increasingly at variance with the interests of Moscow in the region, says…
That’s it. The man has opened his mouth and spoken. All expectations of a new path disappeared with the cheering…
An ageing population and a protracted economic slump have changed the face of the business IN THE 17th century Yoshiwara,…
Netanyahu and new army chief reap benefits from Syria strikes – but who will sound the alarm bells when Israel…
After the results of the election for the outgoing Knesset were publicized, it transpired that the Joint List, with 13…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stands with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (center) and Metropolitan of Kiev Epiphanius I (right)…
Last spring, I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a number of documents from fixers at the heart…
In departing interviews, Gadi Eisenkot says IAF struck thousands of targets in Syria, determined to halt Tehran’s plans for regional…
By Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt and Nicholas Fandos WASHINGTON — In the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement…
ISTANBUL An independent Ukrainian Orthodox church was created at a signing ceremony in Turkey on Jan. 5, formalizing a split with the Russian church it…
A member of Iran’s parliament says the country’s foreign policy has “a lot of unneeded costs” and these can “leave…
The establishment of the State of Israel triggered the end of centuries of Jewish life in the Arab speaking world…
As the New Year dawns across the sports integrity world, there are a number of vast zombie organizations staggering across…
The whole existence of these parties, starting from the Arab-Jewish “Mapai” party, otherwise known as Hadash, through the “Muslim Home”…
LONDON: Former prime minister late Benazir Bhutto’s trusted aide Wajid Shamsul Hasan has said that her killers remain at large…
An Israeli security official confirmed to AP that Israel carried out the overnight airstrike in Syria, saying a series of…
By Souad Mekhennet and Greg Miller Jamal Khashoggi had been in the United States for only a few months when the…
The decision of President Donald Trump to pull U.S. forces out of Syria has, predictably, shocked the foreign policy community…
The Sumerologist Veysel Donbaz speaks languages almost no one speaks today: Sumerian, Hittite, and two dialects of Akkadian, which are Assyrian and Babylonian. There are…
Indeed, this is a very benighted region. The source of darkness is a life lived in myths of the past.…
Its over. It cannot possibly stagger on with any belief. The credibility of that awful walking, talking oxymoron of the…
Espionage and intelligence have rather been taboo issues few writers have dared to tackle, says veteran journalist Murat Yetkin, adding…
“Dear Dr. ____, esteemed university president, I am pleased to send my best wishes to your excellency and to inform…
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC November 13, 2018 The Department of State has designated Jawad Nasrallah and…
By Mark Mazzetti, Ronen Bergman and David D. Kirkpatrick WASHINGTON — Top Saudi intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked a…
This Isaac Marcosson article was originally published by The Saturday Evening Post on Nov. 20, 1923 It was the…
New US legislation relating to the Iran-backed group casts a shadow over the future of bilateral relations News that…
Editorial AFTER three days of protests, destruction of property, closure of roads and highways and massive disruptions to the daily…
Khamenei’s latest guidelines for Iranian culture and governance focus on resisting any efforts to reform the regime’s decisionmaking tendencies. On…
By Ben Hubbard and David D. Kirkpatrick BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jamal Khashoggi landed in Washington last fall, leaving behind a long list of…
Price concerns spur talks to restart Anjli Raval SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 Kuwait is ramping up crude oil…
An attack on a military parade in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz is likely to prompt Iranian retaliation against…
Erasmus EVEN as political relations between Russia and Ukraine have worsened of late, spiritual relations between the two main poles…
It is in the dog days of summer that the dirty deeds get done. A good habit for European and…
Lebanese army complains to UNIFIL saying Israeli bulldozers working on the barrier are encroaching on Lebanese side; IDF says barrier’s…