Leading misinformation researchers said they verified the clip as authentic. But the debate comes amid a wave of advanced new AI tools that make it increasingly difficult to determine real from fake.

Pope Leo XIV in the first general audience of his pontificate appealed for an end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip and for ...

(RNS) — Palestinian Christians have dwindled from 11% to less than 1% of the population in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip ... church displayed the baby Jesus wrapped in a Palestinian ...

FILE - Pope Francis prays at Israel's separation barrier on his way to a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ in ...

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — A wave of Israeli strikes ... Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. Associated Press video showed the hospital’s caved-in roof surrounded by ...

US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff appears to walk back the Trump administration’s opposition to the Arab plan ...

Following delay, Israel agrees to release Palestinian detainees in new exchange as fragile Gaza ceasefire appears intact By Eugenia Yosef , Kareem Khadder and Mick Krever , CNN 4 minute read ...

Earlier this month, the president said he favored taking control of Gaza and displacing the Palestinian population of the devastated seaside enclave. But Egypt and Jordan flatly rejected cooperating.