Israel accuses Hezbollah of refusing to disarm. Lebanese officials hope their efforts to rein in the militant group will head off Israeli military escalation.

Heavy rains inundated the Gaza coastline, flooding tents, collapsing buildings and killing more than a dozen people, including an infant.

From trauma victims to migrant domestic workers, the pope inspired some of Lebanon’s most vulnerable as he presided over a waterfront Mass in Beirut.

In his first news conference, Pope Leo XIV called for peace in the Middle East and dialogue between the U.S. and Venezuela and described putting trust in God during the conclave in May.

Leo XIV is in Lebanon, the final leg of his foreign papal debut. Many weary from war with Israel see him as a beacon of hope as he offers himself as peacemaker.

Leo XIV is in Lebanon, the final leg of his foreign papal debut. Many weary from war with Israel see him as a beacon of hope as he offers himself as peacemaker.

Christians are still the largest religious minority in the Middle East, the region where Jesus was born, lived and died, but the community is shrinking.

Christians are still the largest religious minority in the Middle East, the region where Jesus was born, lived and died, but the community is shrinking.

Christians are still the largest religious minority in the Middle East, the region where Jesus was born, lived and died, but the community is shrinking.

Christians are still the largest religious minority in the Middle East, the region where Jesus was born, lived and died, but the community is shrinking.

Christians are still the largest religious minority in the Middle East, the region where Jesus was born, lived and died, but the community is shrinking.

Rather than his native Chicago or adopted Peru, Pope Leo XIV is making his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, putting him on tricky terrain shared by Muslims and Jews.

The Israeli attack targeting Haytham Ali Tabatabai was the first strike on Beirut in more than five months and fueled fears that a wider war could be brewing.