A performance by Israel's national theater company in an emblematic Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank has drawn praise from the right-wing government and sharp criticism from its detractors.

As fans around the world were on Friday coming to terms with the death of Leonard Cohen, Israel was treating the Canadian Jewish poet and singer as one of its own.

Worshipers in the capital of ultra-Catholic Poland finally celebrated the consecration of the city's highest church on Friday -- after a mere 225 years of waiting. 

Turkish prosecutors Thursday demanded life sentences for nine suspects charged over their work at a now closed pro-Kurdish newspaper, including the internationally-renowned novelist Asli Erdogan.

The battle for Iraq's second city Mosul neared the remains of ancient Nimrud on Thursday, the military said, raising fears for the famed heritage site already ravaged by jihadist bombs and sledgehammers.

On November 8, 2016, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Dr. Anne Patterson attended the launching event of the Research for Results (R4R) project at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, in the presence of Director General of Education and Higher Education Fadi Yarak, Head of the Department for International Development (DfID) Lebanon Amanda McLoughlin, and World Bank Program Leader Haneen Sayed.

USAID contributed $917,000 to this two-year research project to be implemented by the World Bank, in partnership with UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).

The 77-year-old former defense minister chosen to head France's new Foundation for Islam in France on Monday called on conservative Muslims to try harder to integrate into society.

Australia's parliament late Monday rejected the government's proposal for a national vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage.

Estelle Liebow Schultz, who is 98, was born before her fellow countrywomen had the right to vote. 

Now she has proudly cast a ballot for the candidate she hopes will make history as the first American woman elected president.

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated Mass before a thousand prisoners specially invited to the Vatican, giving them a message of hope while denouncing the "hypocrisy" of society.