ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just dipped her feet in the water where Jesus is said to have been baptized, in the Jordan River. “It’s very profound,” said the 53-year-old visitor from...

A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine alleges holds stolen grain from territory seized by Moscow amid the war there appears to have reached the Syrian port of Tartus, according to satellite images analyzed Thursday by The Associated Press. The arrival of the SV Konstantin marks just the latest...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A spate of explosions and fires has turned Russian-occupied Crimea from a secure rear base into a new battleground in the war, demonstrating both the Russians' vulnerability and the Ukrainians' capacity to strike deep behind enemy lines. Nine Russian warplanes were...

Freed hostages were able to give British police vital information that identified three of the Islamic State kidnap gang that had held and tortured them in Syria, it has been revealed. Scotland Yard has disclosed the breakthroughs that allowed it to identify three of the jihadis known as...