2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (564+ words) Families on the outskirts of Qusra, the West Bank village where Palestinian homes have been under siege for nearly a week, said they have faced sometimes deadly attacks by militant settlers for months. The United States wants Israeli Prime Minister…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1134+ words) GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on the challenges facing Christians even as interfaith leaders and researchers say they are encouraged by better policing and prosecution as well as the recent appointment of a government envoy… Mount Tabor, Israel AP…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (502+ words) When she was six-years-old and watching the funeral of Pope John XXIII on TV, Amy-Jill Levine learned from her mother that the Pope was “a friend to the Jews.” Levine told her mother she wanted to be pope. That wasn’t…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (963+ words) NIMA SHOKRI, executive co-director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health at United Nations University, looks at the threat oil spills are posing in the Middle East in an article first published on The Conversation… Via The Conversation UK…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (659+ words) Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Washington DC, US Reuters Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source, who said there had been…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (257+ words) Washington DC, US Reuters US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan is still operative and discussions with Israel are continuing, a Board of Peace official said on Monday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an Israeli withdrawal until the Palestinian militant…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (354+ words) Israel’s military on Sunday closed the West Bank village of Taybeh to non-residents, saying it aimed to prevent growing attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers across the West Bank. The order, the military said, only applies to Israelis and not…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (707+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu restated his rejection of Donald Trump’s latest Gaza plan in televised remarks to his right-wing government on Sunday, even as Israel’s military has effectively halted attacks in the territory under pressure from the US President....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (836+ words) Colombia’s new right-wing President Abelardo De La Espriella was sworn in on Friday, using his inaugural speech to pledge a vigorous fight against drug trafficking, as well as austerity measures to restore confidence in the economy. De La Espriella, 48, won…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (272+ words) The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and several other countries on Thursday strongly condemned what they described as ongoing Israeli violations in the Gaza Strip, including attacks on healthcare facilities, medical infrastructure and civilian…...