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8:41 AM on Monday, April 13

8:11 AM on Monday, April 13

Dressed head to toe in white, hundreds of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians packed tightly into Washington, D.C.’s DSK Mariam Church to sing hymns in the ancient language Ge’ez, to pray, and to stand vigil as their Easter Sunday unfolded

6:44 AM on Monday, April 13

A new study says that 2025 saw the highest number of deaths from antisemitic attacks in over 30 years around the world

5:05 AM on Sunday, April 12

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of violating a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire as Orthodox Christians gathered to celebrate the holiday

1:35 AM on Sunday, April 12

U_S_ Central Command says it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports at 10 a_m_ EDT Monday, or 5:30 p_m_ in Iran, to be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations."

12:17 AM on Sunday, April 12

President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy will swiftly begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement

3:52 PM on Saturday, April 11

Mourners in Lebanon are burying 13 state security officers killed when Israeli airstrikes hit their office headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh

1:26 PM on Saturday, April 11

London police have arrested more than 200 people during a protest against the ban on the group Palestine Action

1:07 PM on Saturday, April 11

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling the U.S.-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace

8:50 AM on Saturday, April 11

A Syrian man has buried his wife and four of his five children after Israeli strikes hit Beirut earlier this week

3:26 AM on Saturday, April 11

Russia continued to strike Ukrainian positions with drones despite a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire

12:27 AM on Saturday, April 11

U.S. Vice President JD Vance says negotiations between the United States and Iran ended without a peace deal after the Iranians refused to accept American terms to not develop a nuclear weapon

12:26 AM on Saturday, April 11

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3:51 PM on Friday, April 10

Millions of Christians in Ethiopia observed Good Friday in the capital, Addis Ababa, as celebrations — ahead of their Easter Sunday this weekend — were dampened by fuel scarcity and rising food prices caused by the Iran war

2:08 PM on Friday, April 10

Pope Leo XIV has amplified his condemnation of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran

10:49 AM on Friday, April 10

Philadelphia Flyers fan Mike Culin took a unique approach to support his team by gifting Pope Leo XIV a customized Flyers jersey during a family trip to Italy

7:04 AM on Friday, April 10

The faith-based AI market is expanding, with tools for various religions

2:12 AM on Friday, April 10

With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, U.S. and Iranian negotiators are heading to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials

12:31 AM on Friday, April 10

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is heading to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials, as Israel and Hezbollah traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz

7:25 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms