When it comes time to celebrate Hanukkah, local Jews might light candles on a menorah, spin a dreidel or bite onto a latke ...

With conflicts emerging all around the world and countless people suffering horribly, it can be hard to look beyond our ...

Pope Francis appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and for the reconciliation between enemies in a ...

An ancient shipwreck that dates back to the 7th century B.C.E. has been removed from waters off Spain, two decades after its ...

A team of 91 researchers—including famed geneticist Eske Willerslev at the Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Center, University ...

The ancient Christian community in the coastal city of Tyre has little cause for celebration this year, with many mourning ...

Part of a Crusader castle crumbled. An 18th century minaret felled. Church mosaics burned. Archaeologists are assessing ...

Santa Claus, the modern icon of Christmas, is derived from traditions associated with Saint Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop ...

Anyone who is interested in the roots of Christian history is familiar with the following, drawn from the 11th chapter of Acts. Where is Antioch today? That biblical city now known as Antakya, located ...

Twenty people were attending the Baptist church on a Sunday in July when a missile exploded only 500 yards away. Most judged ...

Dozens of members of the Uri Tzafon movement, which advocates for Jewish settlement in Southern Lebanon, set up an encampment near the village of Maroun al-Ras before being dispersed by ...