On Dec. 27, 2013, a car bomb in Beirut killed seven people, including Mohamad Chatah, Lebanon's former ambassador to the ...

Officials say Lebanon's judicial authorities have ordered the release of a former economy minister on $100,000 bail after ...

Christians in Israel and Palestine are celebrating Christmas for the first time in two years now that Israel and Hamas have ...

Western and Arab diplomats have toured Lebanon's border with Israel, where Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers are working to end Hezbollah's armed presence. The delegation, including U.S. and ...

Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza ’s thousands of displaced people prepared threadbare tents on Saturday for ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A modest artificial Christmas tree, adorned with ornaments reused for years, stands in the corner of the Haddad family's Beirut apartment. For Rania Haddad, a public-school ...

Silence does the talking While trimming my nails the other day, my manicurist Reem lifted her head and asked me in that quiet, matter-of-fact way that Lebanese resignation often takes: “Do you ...

Their actual church is a pile of rubble. The Melkite Greek Catholic St George Church, just steps away from this Mass, was destroyed last year by an Israeli bombing attack. The main prayer hall is now ...

In its final indictment, the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office calls for the former French president and his wife ...

Merry Christmas! This warm greeting will echo around the world these days among the largest religious community on earth: Christians. Many will exchange gifts, enjoy festive lights and decorated ...

Despite the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, the conflict continues on the southern border. Economic and human interdependence in the region is such that when one village suffers, everyone suff ...

An attack by an alleged Islamic State member in Syria has killed two U.S. service members and one American civilian. Saturday’s attack has renewed focus on the U.S. military presence in Syria.