The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday.

New Year celebrations in South Korea have been cancelled or scaled back following Sunday's plane crash at Muan International Airport. The country entered a seven-day period of mourning after 179 ...

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Syrian Christians gathered at churches in the country's capital Damascus on Wednesday amid tight security measures to ...

The idea that Bashar Assad’s fall represents the birth of applied neo-Ottomanism sounds odd, but that’s what is happening.

Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since ...

Protests in Christian neighborhoods of Syria's capital city erupted after a Christmas tree was set ablaze weeks after the ...

DAMASCUS — Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and the heads of rebel factions agreed Tuesday to merge the groups under the ...

The Palestinian city of Bethlehem is preparing for a somber Christmas Eve under the shadow of war in Gaza, with most ...

Protests erupted in Christian neighborhoods of the Syrian capital Damascus after a Christmas tree was set on fire in another ...

Syria's Christians gathering to celebrate Christmas, say they are both wary and hopeful about the country's future.