VATICAN CITY, April 12 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI began the Easter Vigil late Saturday at St. Peter's in Rome, celebrating the mass that opens the holiest day of the Christian calendar.
JERUSALEM, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Shas Party leader said Tuesday that the Orthodox group will quit the Israeli government if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agrees to a divided Jerusalem.
PARIS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The United Nations has expressed "deep concern" over Israeli construction projects around the Temple Mount, or al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- In spite of a court order, police in Jerusalem have barred non-Muslims from the Temple Mount during the holiday marking the destruction of the Temple. The High Court ruled earlier this week that members of an ultra-orthodox Jewish group could be on the Te
JERUSALEM, July 27 (UPI) -- Palestinians under 40 are not being allowed to enter Jerusalem's Temple Mount because a protest is scheduled at the religious site after Friday prayers. Police began restricting entry after receiving information that demonstrators are planning a rally to
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Palestinian officials have invited Pope Benedict XVI to visit the Holy Land.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Thousands of Muslims prayed peacefully Friday at Jerusalem's Temple Mount surrounded by police prepared for violence.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Iraqi Military Production Minister Abdul Tawab Mullah Howaysh granted foreign journalists permission Thursday to visit two areas suspected of being sites where weapons of mass destruction are produced. He also said that if the United States wants to verif
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 30 (UPI) -- West Bank settlers quietly evacuated as many as 11 settlement sites Sunday, and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said he expected more sites to be evacuated by mid-July. Officials spoke of possibly evacuating 10 more sites.
