Officials at the monastery, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said it was too early to assess the damage, if any. The religious communities had been safely evacuated, they said.
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President Trump has signed an executive order reinforcing an already existing federal law requiring English-language proficiency as a requirement for commercial motor drivers.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog called on Israel to rise above political wrangling, especially during the national Memorial Day, at a candle-lighting ceremony in Jerusalem.
Because the new tariffs would be more costly than the products themselves, Temu is adding “import charges” on Chinese imported goods.
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar announced his resignation Monday, saying he will formally step down June 15.
A speedboat went airborne and did a complete backward flip while racing at about 200 mph before crashing into an Arizona lake.
President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor’s practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October.
Israeli jets struck Beirut’s southern suburbs after issuing a warning about an hour earlier, marking the third Israeli strike on the area since a ceasefire took effect in late November.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president.
Hamas said Saturday that it had sent a high-level delegation to Cairo to try and get a ceasefire with Israel back on track.
World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday in Vatican City.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the Vatican to pay their final respects and witness the funeral mass for the leader of the Catholic Church on Saturday.
The World Food Program says its food stocks in the Gaza Strip have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade.
The arrest comes amid a growing feud between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the White House’s immigration enforcement policies.
At the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon as “the main lesson of the Holocaust.”