Category: 3. Middle East

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The United States has witnessed…

Thousands of Lebanese faithful were making their way to Beirut’s waterfront ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s mass on Tuesday morning, the highlight of the Catholic leader’s visit to the capital expected to draw huge crowds.

Before the service the pope was…

Around 150,000 people gathered at Beirut’s waterfront for mass with Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday morning, the highlight of the Catholic leader’s visit to the capital, where he delivered a message of hope and peace.

The pontiff arrived from Turkey on…

Pope Leo XIV called for an end to hostilities in Lebanon and new approaches for peace in the Middle East before returning to Rome on Tuesday, ending his inaugural visit abroad as pontiff.

A 150,000-strong mass at Beirut’s waterfront was the…

Pope Leo XIV called for an end to hostilities in Lebanon and said the Middle East needed new approaches for peace as he finished a three-day trip to the country by urging an end to divisions.

A 150,000-strong mass at Beirut’s waterfront was the…

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Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest…

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John Lee, the chief executive of the…

The UN plans to cut nearly a fifth of its positions as unpaid member dues climb to $1.59 trillion.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the UN…

By Joshua McElwee and Catherine Cartier

BEIRUT, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Pope Leo ends a three-day visit to Lebanon on Tuesday, wrapping up his first overseas trip as Catholic leader, during which he pleaded for peace in the Middle East and warned that…