An estimated 200,000 Ultra-Orthodox protesters converged on Jerusalem Thursday, opposing the country's military draft, resulting in dozens of injuries during confrontations with the police. Israel’s ...

LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Britain said an Ethiopian asylum seeker who was wrongly released from prison following his conviction for sexual offences, crimes which sparked months-long anti-immigration ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Thousands of pilgrims turned out Sunday in Romania’s capital for the consecration of religious paintings inside the world’s largest Christian Orthodox church that was being ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men covered the entrance to Jerusalem in a sea of black Thursday to protest plans to draft them into the military, singing, clapping and holding ...

In a sign of diversity and coexistence in post-transition Syria, Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi of Antioch and All the East on Sunday received Ahmad al-Shar’a, the head of Syria’s transitional ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men protested military draft plans Thursday in Jerusalem as one teenager died; ...

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, dressed in black, rallied in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against military conscription, an issue that has caused major strain in Israel’s right-wing ruling ...

Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis are taking part in a protest in Jerusalem against changes to a legal exemption for religious students from conscription in the military. Almost ...

An Ocean County developer is seeking approval to build a new private Orthodox Jewish boys’ school with dormitories in Jackson. The Jackson Township Planning Board received an application from ...

Thousands of pilgrims gathered in Romania’s capital on Sunday for the consecration of religious paintings inside the world’s largest Christian Orthodox church, opening after 15 years of construction.

Late-season flooding hits villages in Egypt's Nile Delta Egypt blames Ethiopia's 'reckless unilateral' management of its grand dam Ethiopia rejects charge, says regulated water releases reduced impact ...