With their Feb. 28 strikes on Iran, the United States and Israel have stoked Middle East conflict as part of a campaign that President Donald Trump said could last weeks or longer, aiming to cut short ...

The European Parliament has heard how Kurdistan can act as a model of religious tolerance for the wider Middle East.

This report describes the world’s religious makeup in 2020 and how it changed from 2010. We focus on seven categories: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, people who belong to other ...

Pope Leo XIV touched down in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Sunday with the hope of being a “messenger of peace” as he began a three-day visit to the nation at the heart of a Middle East battered by ...

Sixty years after the Vatican transformed Christian-Jewish relations, Judaism and Islam need their own moment of reconciliation — one that could reshape the Middle East. On October 28, the world ...

Following a widespread backlash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked “relevant authorities” to allow Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, to hold services at ...