Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the ...

Following a mass with Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), ...

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with a delegation representing the families of Islamist detainees to discuss their ...

Explosions were heard across the eastern mountain range of Lebanon, originating from the Lebanese army's firing training ...

Hamas said Wednesday that "new conditions" imposed by Israel had delayed the finalization of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Kurdish militants in Syria would either lay down their weapons ...

An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 62 ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday called for easier access to humanitarian aid in Sudan, ravaged by 20 months of brutal civil war ...

The health ministry in Gaza said on Wednesday that 23 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory in the past 24 ...

Pope Francis denounced the "extremely grave" humanitarian situation in Gaza and appealed for the freeing of Israeli hostages ...

A Ukrainian strike on Wednesday killed four people and injured five in the Russian town of Lgov in the Kursk region flanking ...

Syria's new authorities torched a large stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, two security officials told AFP, including one ...