Despite calls to stay away, hundreds of devout Jews brought their young children to the annual Rosh Hashanah celebration

Governor of Ukrainian region where city is located says 'the situation is stable and under control' amid Russian invasion, with concrete mobile shelters installed as a precaution

Iranian minister says bodies burned beyond recognition, will be examined back home, after bad accident in Babil province; 4 in critical condition as Shiites mark Arbaeen pilgrimage

Worshipers pass through armed police guard to enter the Ghriba Synagogue, Africa's oldest shul

William Bradford's 'Of Plymouth Plantation' features about 1,000 words in the biblical tongue. But although many early Protestants studied Hebrew, they were hardly philo-Semitic

Another group tries to cross border from Belarus but is detained, amid fears of virus outbreak if thousands attend annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage in Uman

Pilgrim numbers reduced from annual 2.5 million to a select group of nor more than 10,00 who are being electronically monitored every step of the way for any COVID-19 symptoms

No cause immediately provided for incident involving chartered vehicle carrying Asian and Arab nationals

As they excavate 2,000-year-old Stepped Street under thriving Arab neighborhood, careful to avoid collapsing the homes above, are archaeologists bending, or recreating, the rules?

In TV segment, Muslims hold hajj ceremony purporting to 'disavow polytheists' but in fact dedicated to stoking anti-Western sentiment