Thousands of people gathered at Jerusalem's Western Wall on Monday for a traditional Jewish blessing for the Passover holiday. The "priestly blessing" takes place twice a year at one of Judaism's holiest sites during the week-long holidays of Passover and Sukkot, which occurs in the autumn....

Iran’s top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has replaced the head of the influential Revolutionary Guards Corps, state TV reported on Sunday, days after the United States designated the elite group a foreign terrorist organization. The TV station did not give a reason for...

Scores of Jewish settlers forced their way into East Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover.   "Israeli police allowed 167 settlers to storm the compound in celebration of Passover," an official with the Religious...

 Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack at the communications ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul that killed seven people, the militant group’s Amaq news agency said on Sunday. Saturday’s attack began when a suicide bomber detonated explosives just outside the...