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Holy Land's top Catholic leader calls on Christians to help build bridges in the Gaza conflict

3:21 PM on Monday, October 6

As talks got underway to end the war in Gaza, the top Catholic leader in the Holy Land called on Christians in the region to be a bridge and help restore trust between Israelis and Palestinians

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg arrives at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 after being deported from Israel for taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greta Thunberg is among flotilla activists deported from Israel. Others remain in prison

9:47 AM on Monday, October 6

Israeli authorities say they have deported another 171 activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, including Greta Thunberg

Pope Leo XIV waves from his popemobile at the end of a Mass for the Jubilee of Migrants and Missionaries in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV starts to correct some of Francis' more problematic financial decisions

9:20 AM on Monday, October 6

Pope Leo XIV has begun correcting some of Pope Francis’ more questionable financial reforms and decisions

Locals view the damage outside the front entrance of the mosque in Peacehaven, following a suspected arson attack, in East Sussex, England, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Jamie Lashmar/PA via AP)

UK prime minister condemns suspected arson attack on mosque in English coastal town

8:46 AM on Monday, October 6

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned a suspected arson attack on a mosque in an English coastal town

Photos of the Siman Tov family are plastered on their burnt house where all five of them were killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, a day before Israel marks the two-year anniversary of the attack, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The Latest: Israeli and Hamas officials discuss US peace plan for Gaza

5:10 AM on Monday, October 6

Israeli and Hamas officials are holding indirect talks in an Egyptian resort on a U.S. peace plan for Gaza

Eli Sharabi, who was abducted during the cross-border attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and held hostage by Hamas for 16 months, poses with his new book "Hostage" for a photo in Herzliya, Israel, Thursday, September 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A former Gaza hostage's memoir keeps the focus on those still held by Hamas

12:47 AM on Monday, October 6

Eli Sharabi spent 16 months as a hostage in Gaza's tunnels, surviving on moldy pita

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children play next to Sukkahs, a temporary structures built for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Jews this week will be celebrating Sukkot, a seven-day holiday intended as a time of joy

3:49 PM on Sunday, October 5

Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, is getting underway

Palestinian women bake bread in a clay oven, using plastic for fire, at a UN school used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel and Hamas prepare for negotiations in Egypt ahead of possible Gaza ceasefire

9:38 AM on Sunday, October 5

Israel and Hamas are preparing for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday as hopes are rising for a possible ceasefire in Gaza

Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla give the peace sign after arriving at Istanbul Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment while being detained in Israel

7:08 AM on Sunday, October 5

Activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have complained of mistreatment by Israeli guards

Police remove a protester taking part in a demonstration organised by Defend our Juries, in support of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London Saturday Oct. 4, 2025. (Maja Smiejkowska/PA via AP)

UK says it will restrict repeated protests after 500 arrests at pro-Palestinian vigil

5:07 AM on Sunday, October 5

The British government says it will give police stronger powers to restrict repeated protests

Israel's Netanyahu says hopes to announce release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days,' as talks move to Egypt

2:21 PM on Saturday, October 4

Israel's Netanyahu says hopes to announce release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days,' as talks move to Egypt

People attend the annual thanksgiving celebrations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, Oct 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanuel Birhane)

Thousands celebrate Ethiopia's thanksgiving festival

10:37 AM on Saturday, October 4

Thousands have gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival

Bishop Yehiel Curry, who was recently elected as the first Black presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), poses for a photo, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)

Largest US Lutheran denomination installs Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop

7:54 AM on Saturday, October 4

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop on Saturday, marking a historic moment for the predominantly white denomination

FILE - A man stands next to flowers for the victims of a bombing at St. Ann's Square in central Manchester, England, May 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Manchester knows from bitter experience that it takes unity to survive a terror attack

6:06 AM on Saturday, October 4

Manchester is facing the latest tragedy to befall the city with a mix of defiance and shock

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators pass in front of Rome's Colosseum, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, during a march calling for an end to the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Marches in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid protest Israel's military campaign in Gaza

5:23 AM on Saturday, October 4

Hundreds of thousands of Italians and Spaniards marched in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in a massive show of growing international anger at the two-year war

A woman wears the flag of Israel wrapped over her back as she attends a vigil for the victims of the attack on at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

UK police given more time to question 4 suspects over deadly Manchester synagogue attack

5:11 AM on Saturday, October 4

U.K. police have been given extra time to question four people arrested on suspicion of terror offenses after an attack on a synagogue in northwest England

People attend a rally calling for the release of all hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urges a ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. ahead of the second anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days'

4:33 AM on Saturday, October 4

Israel's prime minister says he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on a new U.S. plan to end the war

Elder Henry B. Eyring, bottom center, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other Church leaders raise their hands as part of a sustaining vote during the morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

Mormon church leaders encourage forgiveness after Michigan attack

12:02 AM on Saturday, October 4

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has convened for its twice-annual general conference at a pivotal moment in its history

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