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The Monastery of Saint Catherine, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has stood for more than 1,700 years as a beacon of Christian spirituality, scholarly tradition, and interfaith respect.

JUNE 1 — As Chair of ASEAN 2025, Malaysia has taken a courageous and long-overdue step in addressing the most intractable humanitarian and strategic crisis in the region: the civil war in Myanmar. By ...

Catherine’s Monastery, located in the Sinai Desert in Egypt, has been a sacred Christian site since the 500s. Even after the Islamic Conquest, the monastery’s monks had warm relations with ...

A recent Egyptian court decision concerning the land surrounding the Saint Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai peninsula has provoked concern from Greek ecclesiastical and political authorities, amid ...

Egypt and Greece sought to ease tensions over the historic St Catherine's monastery in the Sinai peninsula on Friday after a controversial court ruling said it sat on state-owned land. Cairo has ...

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing received more donations from cronies as Myanmar’s regime held a second ceremony for earthquake victims on Thursday in Naypyitaw. Tycoon Maung Weik, A Bank founder Zaw Win ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Two months after a deadly earthquake ravaged much of central and northeastern Myanmar, recovery is just inching along, with huge numbers of people living in temporary shelters while ...

A striking 1,600-year-old mosaic depicting animals, plants, and scenes from life in Byzantine Israel is on display for the first time at the Merhavim Regional Council’s headquarters in the ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — At the center of the ongoing conflict is Esphigmenou Monastery, whose brotherhood continues to defy court and church orders to vacate the premises. THESSALONIKI, ...