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Easter Sunday masses, services, annual parade locations: Full list of churches, cathedrals where Christians can pray, celebrate holy dayEaster Suday: Important churches, cathedrals where Easter masses will be held across the U.S on Easter Sunday, April 5. Revelers will wear ...
Israel launches barrage of strikes on Lebanon's capital Beirut after Hezbollah's offensiveIsrael and the U.S. launched extensive strikes across Iran, targeting ballistic missile sites and warships following the killing of Supreme...
View: Iran just made a big mistake. Israel shouldn't follow.Israel has never launched such a massive missile strike directly at Iran, and Iran had never done so to Israel, either, before this. Indeed...
What's the Israel-Palestinian conflict about and how did it start?A 100-day war between Israel and Hamas unfolds, rooted in a historic conflict over territory. The struggle, spanning seven decades, involve...
How Hamas aims to trap Israeli forces in Gaza's network of miles-long tunnelsHamas, which rules Gaza, has stockpiled weapons, missiles, food and medical supplies, according to the people, who declined to be named due...
What's the Israel-Palestinian conflict about and how did it start?Israel's founding father David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the modern State of Israel on May 14, 1948, establishing a safe haven for Jews fleeing...
Israel-Palestinian dispute hinges on statehood, land, Jerusalem, refugeesThe conflict between Israel and Palestine has a long history, spanning seven decades. It originated from Israeli demands for security in a ...
Why Al-Aqsa remains a sensitive site in Palestine-Israel conflictThe Masjid al-Aqsa, or simply Al-Aqsa, means “the farthest mosque” or “the farthest sanctuary,” and refers to the lead-domed mosque within ...
US to send military ships, aircraft closer to IsraelHamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns as the country suffered its bloodiest day in decades on Saturday. Israel battered Palestinian...
Disputed site of Al-Aqsa Mosque a factor in Hamas attack on IsraelThe military wing of Hamas, Al-Qassam Brigades, launched a surprise attack on Israel, claiming it was in defense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, a h...
Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria rocketsAt the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a walled esplanade above the Western Wall, hundreds of Palestinians performed prayers as part of observance...
Twin blasts shake Jerusalem, killing 1 and wounding severalItamar Ben-Gvir, an extremist lawmaker who has called for the death penalty for Palestinian attackers and who is set to become the minister...
Israeli police shoot dead Palestinian who killed 1, hurt 4Police said the violence took place near an entrance to a contested flashpoint shrine known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as t...
Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, U.N. to launch Gaza aid appealEgyptian mediators have been shuttling between Israel and the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Hamas, to try to sustain the ceasefire and have...
Rockets from Gaza rain havoc on Israeli cities in latest warSince the latest war erupted last week, Palestinian militants have fired more than 3,200 rockets at Israeli cities. Most were intercepted o...
How Jerusalem tensions sparked heaviest Israel-Gaza fighting in yearsAt the core of the violence that has left dozens dead are tensions between Israelis and Palestinians over Jerusalem, which contains sites s...
View: Ram Mandir doesn’t negate Constitution, it links antiquity to presentThe difference between the reactions to the 1992 demolition and last Wednesday’s bhoomipuja would indicate that India has changed very sign...
View: Why only Haj? End subsidies for all pilgrimsA subsidy for religious pilgrims amounts to discrimination against rationalists and atheists, violating Constitutional guarantees of equali...
Pilgrim's progress: Excesses of deluxe devotee blamed for pilgrimage tragediesMost pilgrims in Uttarakhand weren’t like this but as the number of affluent Indians have been increasing, so has their desire to go on pil...
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Think Israel and two cities immediately spring to mind: ancient Jerusalem (which is now the country’s capital) and Tel Aviv, the commercial...