Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians overnight and on Friday in the Gaza Strip, medics said, as efforts to revive Gaza cease-fire talks received a boost with officials from the Palestinian group Hamas headed to Cairo for a new round of talks.
The Israeli military said its air force struck a facility used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets in southern Lebanon on Thursday, after both sides accused each other of breaching a cease-fire that aims to halt over a year of fighting.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify "spiritual abuse" as a new crime in order to address cases where priests use purported mystical experiences as a pretext for harming others.
A cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah will take effect on Wednesday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday.
A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that he threatened to kill Jews and bomb a synagogue, and prosecutors said the case reflected a growing nationwide torrent of antisemitism after the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began last year.
President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce a cease-fire in Lebanon between armed group Hezbollah and Israel imminently, four senior Lebanese sources said on Monday.
