Earlier this month, Iran executed Babak Shahbazi, who it alleged spied for Israel. Activists disputed that, saying Shahbazi was tortured into a false confession after writing a letter to Ukrainian ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he believes Iran could join the Abraham Accords, a peace agreement signed during ...

Ties between Alabama and Israel are deep — in 1943, Alabama was the first state to call for the restoration of Jewish ...

Franciscan University’s St. Thomas Mission blends teaching, faith, and service in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Iran faces mounting unrest and economic pain after UN sanctions snap back, as fears grow over Israeli strikes and stalled ...

Iranian law mandates conservative dress for women in public. There were massive nationwide protests after a young woman died in "morality" police custody in 2022 for allegedly dressing improperly.

Netanyahu repeatedly suggested Israelis and Americans shared a plight of the same existential threat, including references to ...

In September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly that he had "ended ...

One watchdog organization reports that journalists have been especially targeted. Baghestani adds Christians and Baha’is to ...

Sheikh, Saudi Arabia's grand mufti who served the kingdom's top religious figure over a quarter century that saw the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia 's grand mufti who served the kingdom's ...