St. Peter's Basilica opened its doors again on Thursday after a brief closure in the early hours to welcome crowds of ...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas “sons of dogs,” demanding the release of the remaining Israeli ...

The Palestinian Authority president called on Hamas to release the hostages, disarm and cease its governance of Gaza, as the world pushes for an end to the ongoing war.

Hamas' Gaza chief said the group was ready to immediately negotiate a deal to swap all hostages for an agreed number of ...

Israel's military is fully prepared to launch a ground offensive into Gaza, aiming to dismantle Hamas and secure the release ...

Speaking about Hamas’s demand for a hostage release deal, Netanyahu said that if Israel were to “capitulate to the dictates of Hamas,” it would lose all of its achievements during the ...

Instead, Hayya said Hamas was ready to immediately engage in "comprehensive package negotiations" to release all remaining hostages in its custody in return for an end to the Gaza war, the release ...

Hamas seeks to reach a deal to end the war in the Gaza Strip - the group also intends to exchange all Israeli hostages for ...

The father of a US-Israeli hostage held in Gaza said on Saturday he remains hopeful his 21-year-old son was still alive after Hamas said it could not account for his status. Adi Alexander, whose ...

Thousands of people are filing through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis.

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated many conservatives with critiques of ...