Some who left the country in successive waves of emigration have felt drawn back to aid recovery efforts after the bloody and ...

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 ...

Anthony Julius' biography of Abraham argues for the duality of the first Jew, with one life based in reason and another in ...

Pundits like Thomas Friedman claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was a reformer committed to liberalization.

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be wild boars that were hunted. At the dawn of the Iron Age, some 500 years ...

Interaction with Tajikistan amid complex situation in Afghanistan and the increasing activities of international terrorist organizations in its northern provinces is a significant factor in ...

The “Middle Meets” project aims to create a space for listening and understanding between Muslim, Jewish, and Christian ...

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has updated its information on the threat of terrorism in Sri Lanka, ...

Fr. Jens Petzold, a Swiss priest based in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, speaks to Vatican News about his work ...

According to radiocarbon calibrated dates, the Early Bronze I (EB 1) lasted almost six centuries, between c. 3,700 and c.

Although the political landscape has changed drastically, many factors work against a mass return of refugees to Syria.

Somalia's government Saturday sent stern warnings to businesses and individuals that pay extortion money to al-Shabab.