I am an agnostic regarding the claim that the State of Israel, as it presently exists, is the fulfillment of the pious desires of ancient prophets and martyrs. But I am convinced to the point of moral certainty that Israel has no ...

In the latest incident, an Israeli air raid on a car in Beit Lahia, near Gaza's northern border with Israel, killed three children and their father, who was described as a civilian by medical workers in the besieged strip. ...

--Viola Larson, Voices of Orthodox Women "...one of the more interesting pastors I've ever come across." --Yael of "Pharisees Rock!" "Flirting with a con-artist like Shuck is hardly a way of witnessing to any kind of biblical faith." ...

Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Scores killed as Gaza UN school hit: "sraeli strikes have killed at least 43 people taking refuge inside a UN school in the Gaza Strip, medics say. The strike on Tuesday hit a school run by the UN ...

Iraqi authorities close a major Shia shrine in Baghdad to women amid security concerns as the rite of Ashura reaches its climax. Dozens of Afghan 'Taleban' killed. Coalition forces kill 32 Taleban fighters in an operation east of the ...

They are among the oldest human remains ever found in North America -- a 13000-year-old woman's partial skeleton was discovered 50 years ago in an island cave off the south coast of California -- and the oldest ever discovered in Alaska ...

Iraq: For Kurdish Girls, a Painful Ancient Ritual. The Widespread Practice of Female Circumcision in Iraq's North Highlights The Plight of Women in a Region Often Seen as More Socially Progressive TUZ KHURMATU, Iraq ...

As the Empire was still controlling the Near East and most of the Balkans, its collections grew rapidly and, in 1891, it moved to a new building, now the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. By the first decade of the twentieth century there ...

Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Israel resumes ... Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Scores killed a... British company poised to send hundreds of workers... Wampum: 40 Palestinians killed in Tsahal strike on. ...

10:28 a.m. - A Chinese throwing star was reported disposed in the middle of South East Street near Fort River School. Police determined the object was just a hubcap that fell from a vehicle. (Police, chuckling, asked the person who ...