Israel is using the Iran war as a pretext to empty the complex of worshippers, as it pushes to exert full control over the ...

Trump’s comment seemed at odds with his administration’s move to send more troops and warships and request another $200 billion from Congress to fund the war.

In the cacophony of Israel’s and the United States’ attack on Iran, one piece of news has been buried under the debris of war ...

Israeli authorities barred Muslim worshippers from entering Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for Eid al-Fitr prayers on ...

Since the Iran war began, Israel has restricted public gathering and isn't letting worshippers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque. As Ramadan ends, religious leaders say the ban on prayers is political.

President Trump said he would do whatever was necessary to lower oil prices, and his Treasury secretary said the government ...

Fitr, the festival concluding Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. The holiday is expected on either Thursday, March ...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has pressured around seven countries to send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Worshippers' access to Israel’s holy sites came to a sudden halt last week amid safety concerns as Iran retaliated to the joint US-Israeli attack. JERUSALEM (RNS) — Living in the ...

(RNS) — Muslims fear that Israel, which said the closure was over security, will misuse the situation to further tighten the Israeli police grip on the mosque and its management. (RNS) — The decision ...

The temporary measure, during the holy Muslim fasting month, follows tensions as Jewish activists increasingly encroach on the contested religious site. By Isabel Kershner Isabel Kershner, who has ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of ...