After the crystal ball drops on New Year’s Eve in New York City, it will rise again, sparkling in red, white and blue.

The shocking brutality behind Gaza’s crumbling ceasefire - THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The purported cessation in ...

Instead of our usual news round-up, If Americans Knew today offers excerpts from a new document approved at an inte ...

Posts from Bethlehem, Gaza, Damascus, Dubai, and beyond show celebration, strain, and political messaging unfolding side by ...

Worshippers flock square as Christmas returns to Bethlehem after years of war. Palestinians and tourists flocked Manger ...

Christmas returns to Bethlehem amid ongoing concerns over Christian population decline from 86% in 1950 to just 10% today, ...

Sherman Poppen’s snurfer was an influential precursor for the snowboard. It was born out of a bit of Christmas magic. (December 25, 2025) ...

The world’s largest nativity scene is welcoming visitors back this year in Alicante, Spain, where the towering display has ...

Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said Gaza carries “a message of resilience” despite its ...

Pope Leo XIV condemned the “senselessness” of war and the “open wounds” it leaves behind, as he delivered his first Christmas ...

Encouraged by a ceasefire brokered between Israel and Hamas in October, Bethlehem brought back its annual Christmas celebrations.

The 2023 and 2024 celebrations were canceled with a "broken heart and a broken soul," Bethlehem's mayor told NBC News, but ...