Iran protests entered day 24 with 4,519 confirmed deaths. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backs security forces amid ...

The Syrian Interior Ministry claimed to have thwarted an attempt to smuggle nearly 650,000 Captagon pills and other drugs ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—President Trump is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in Florida as the U.S. seeks to advance to the next phase of its Gaza cease-fire plan.

The Lebanese militant group has resisted calls to lay down all its arms, risking a return to war with Israel. By Aaron Boxerman Euan Ward Natan Odenheimer and Hwaida Saad Aaron Boxerman reported from ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Annaya, Lebanon — Pope Leo XIV celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence Monday as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region, as he asked for “the divine gift of peace” alongside the ...

Pope Leo XIV told Lebanon’s religious leaders on Monday that their country remains a sign to the world that fear and prejudice do not have the final word. At an ecumenical and interreligious meeting ...

BEIRUT (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV told a crowd of young Lebanese that despite war, economic collapse and exile, their country’s future is still in their hands, and he urged them to ‘be the hope Lebanon is ...

A nun holds up a portrait of Pope Leo XIV where he will meet with bishops, priests, consecrated persons and pastoral workers at the Catholic basilica of Harissa, Lebanon Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (Credit: ...

BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders on Sunday to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside, as he sought to give Lebanon’s long-suffering people a message of hope ...