Lebanon: Dozens of rockets fired into Israel, IDF says
Jerusalem CNN — Dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in a major escalation that comes amid tensions over Israeli police raids…
Al-Aqsa: Clashes erupt inside Jerusalem mosque after Israeli forces enter
CNN — Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City early on Wednesday, just days after a Palestinian man was killed outside the holy site.…
Palestinian man shot dead in disputed circumstances near Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa compound
Jerusalem CNN — A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli police early on Saturday at the entrance to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, frequently a flashpoint in…
A year after the Russians’ brutal occupation, Bucha is rebuilding. But the survivors remain broken
Bucha, Ukraine CNN — The body lay across the street from Ivan Fedorov’s house for several days. Fedorov didn’t dare to go outside, so he never found out who the…
Pakistan mosque attack: Suspects arrested after killing of over 100 people
CNN — Several suspects have been arrested in connection with Monday’s suicide bomb blast in a mosque in Pakistan’s northern city of Peshawar that killed more than 100 people. More…
Peshawar, Pakistan mosque: Suspected suicide attack kills more than 30 people and injures 125
CNN — A deadly blast inside a mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar Monday was likely a suicide attack, according to authorities. The powerful explosion left at least 34…
Is the end nigh for Palestinian Christians?
Bethlehem CNN — A church service begins in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. Worshipers descend the stone stairs, worn smooth by millions of pilgrims over the centuries, down into the…
DRC: At least 12 dead, 50 wounded in church attack
CNN — Worshipers at a church service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were killed Sunday when a bomb was detonated by a group with links to Islamic State,…
Former Moscow-linked Church claims religious persecution as security raids heat up
CNN — The vertically shot video published last November shows no weapons, battlefield atrocities or even soldiers. But the sound of a patriotic Russian song reverberating through a church on…
What is Orthodox Christmas, and why is it in the spotlight this year?
CNN — For much of the Western world, Christmas is celebrated on December 25, according to the Gregorian calendar. Yet in a distinction that dates back centuries, Orthodox Christians follow…