Category: 3. Middle East

After visiting Turkey, Pope Leo continues to Lebanon, warmly received in Beirut as ‘a visit of hope.’ During his three-day trip, he visited holy sites sacred to both Muslims and Christians, including the Tomb of St….

Spanish police said on Monday they had broken up the country’s first known cell linked to The Base, a white supremacist group designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union.

Three people were arrested and one, suspected of…

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.

On Saturday,…

THE HAGUE, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The president of the International Criminal Court said on Monday U.S. sanctions imposed on senior court officials disrupt their personal lives but vowed the institution would not yield to outside pressure.

President…

ANNAYA, Lebanon — Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he opened his first full day in Lebanon with a message of peace and religious coexistence in a region torn by…

OSLO, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Norway’s minority Labour government failed to win backing for its 2026 draft budget by an end-November deadline but talks will resume in parliament to find a compromise over oil drilling and the wealth fund’s Israeli…

Israel’s high-powered laser interception system, dubbed “Iron Beam,” will be delivered to the military at the end of the month, the head of the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development said Monday.

Speaking…

By Joshua McElwee

BEIRUT, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Pope Leo will meet with leaders from Lebanon’s diverse religious sects on Monday, where he is expected to urge them not to flee the country despite years of conflict, political paralysis and economic…