Eleven members of Twynholm SWI met up at the village hall on June 18 for their visit to the Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Buddhist Centre at Eskdalemuir.

Bangladesh's Interim Government's Chief Advisor Muhammud Yunus will leave for what will be his 11th official visit abroad during his ten months in charge of the country's government.

The future of St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula remains a source of controversy with tensions rising after a recent court ruling.

President Donald Trump will visit Fort Bragg on June 10 to kick off the Army's 250th birthday celebrations. The event is open to the public.

Greece and Egypt have agreed to safeguard the status of one of the world's oldest sites of Christian worship, foreign ministers of both countries said late on Wednesday, after an Egyptian court ...

Egypt's foreign minister told Greece that Egypt will preserve the spiritual and religious value of the historic Saint Catherine's Monastery, which is part of the Greek Orthodox church.

Middle East News: Egypt's recent court ruling concerning Sinai's Saint Catherine monastery has ignited concern over its UNESCO heritage status. The Greek Orthodox Church has condemned the ruling ...

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.

ISTANBUL (RNS) — Initial reports that the centuries-old St. Catherine's Monastery would be closed were denied, but Orthodox leaders remain concerned that the monastery's new status will ...

Our writer stops by the Pangboche Monastery, a 600-year-old Sherpa religious center where Mount Everest climbers receive a blessing before their expeditions ...

God put me here to care for them,” he told The Associated Press in Greek at Panagia Hozoviotissa monastery, where he said not even a rock fell during the tremors.

From a Greek monastery to a small Kentucky church, Paul Prather learned a big lesson about doing small things with great love. Andrea Pistolesi Getty Images ...