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AL-EIZARIYA, West Bank (AP) — Israel says the demolitions are needed to make way for a road serving Palestinian communities. But Palestinian officials say the road is part of a broader plan to keep Palestinian vehicles off a new highway being built to…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The narrow Strait of Hormuz remains in Iran's chokehold, the U.S. is maintaining a blockade against Iran and negotiations between the two countries appear at a standstill.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Washington’s latest proposal addressed a deal to end the war, reopen the strait and roll back Iran’s nuclear program.

The Pennington County Board of Commissioners is currently accepting applications to fill a position on the Pennington County Housing and Redevelopment Commission (PCHRC). This position is for a five-year term.

(RNS) — Through Freedom 250 initiatives, Hillsdale has been enlisted by the Trump White House to shape narratives about American history.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Supporters of President William Ruto, who is seeking a second term in elections next year, use the phrase to describe the political violence that authorities will not tolerate.…

NEW YORK (AP) — The ADL tallied 1,694 antisemitic incidents on U.S. college campuses in 2024, after pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist student protests proliferated due mostly to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

(The Conversation) — As birth control became increasingly accepted, some supporters’ views were based in religious beliefs about what motherhood should look like.

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BEIRUT (AP) — The Council of Melkite Greek Catholic Bishops in Lebanon urged the Lebanese government and the United Nations to protect the property of civilians and religious institutions in southern Lebanon.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The trip comes as Trump has criticized Leo for his stances on the Middle East and elsewhere and as the president has drawn pushback for posting a social media image likening himself to Jesus Christ.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Breaking Iran’s chokehold on the strait would ease global economic concerns and deny Iran a major source of leverage. But such efforts also risk reigniting the full-scale fighting that erupted when the U.S.…

(RNS) — The armed man who sought to break into the White House Correspondents' dinner hails from a long line of religious extremists looking to commit political violence in the name of God.

(RNS) — Rev. Adam Hamilton, co-founder of the largest United Methodist church in the country, explains why he is running for Senate and believes he can win.

(RNS) — What if a food insecure senior felt coerced into joining in prayer or saying grace before receiving food from a church program supported by tax dollars?

Washington (AP) — Trump said the meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States, the second in the past week, went “very well,” but during an Oval Office gathering he acknowledged that “they do have Hezbollah to think about.”

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran has not yet responded to Trump's announcement of the ceasefire extension. Both countries have warned that, without a deal, they were prepared to resume fighting.

(AP) — Trump is among hundreds who are taking turns reading the entire Bible aloud over the course of a week. Most of the readings are taking place at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, though Trump's is coming by video from the Oval Office.

(RNS) — Since 2018, it is the U.S. whose actions have been belligerent and framed by communications that often include invectives and sweeping threats.

BEIRUT (AP) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X that the crucial waterway, through which about 20% of the world's oil is shipped, was now fully open to commercial vessels, as a 10-day truce between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah…