We’ll build safe communities a little bit away from where they are, away from all of this danger,” Trump pitched his message.

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

President Trump's public proposal for U.S. control of Gaza risks making the next steps for peace in the Middle East nearly impossible.

Today, he is the head of the monastery, which is located in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. As well as Fr. Petzold--now an ordained priest in the Chaldean Catholic Church--the ...

Pundits like Thomas Friedman claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was a reformer committed to liberalization. In reality, the Saudi kingdom remains unflinchingly authoritarian, ...

Israeli police raided two branches of a landmark bookstore in east Jerusalem on Sunday night, confiscating several dozen books and detaining two of the owners overnight.

Fr. Jens Petzold, a Swiss priest based in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, speaks to Vatican News about his work building inter-religious solidarity, helping refugees, and serving the tiny, ever ...

Egypt announced Sunday that it will host an emergency Arab summit on Feb. 27 to discuss “new and dangerous developments” ...

Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" Gaza and relocate its population has raised concerns about potential regional ...

A phrase said by a 19th century Dutch painter sums up Israel today.

German theologian and journalist Matthias Kopp -- spokesman for the German Bishops' Conference and a consultant to the ...

Fmr CAIR employee identified as "hateful bigot" in viral NYC video allegedly harassing Jewish men, shouting "I want ISIS to kill all of you!" ...