Electricity from Naharayim powered Jewish and Arab cities alike, including Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem. It energized ports ...

For 2,000 years, since Jesus descended into the waters of the Jordan River to be baptized by John the Baptist, the river has been a pilgrimage site for Christians from around the world. And on the ...

Flying objects were seen over Amman, Jordan's capital, overnight on Saturday - Semyon Galperin /Reuters Jordan has emerged as an unlikely defender of Israel despite its scathing criticism of the Gaza ...

Scriptural evidence from the Quran on Abrahamic covenant, Isaac’s lineage, and the inheritance of the Promised Land for the ...

Several thousand people, including the Vatican’s secretary of state and the patriarch of Jerusalem, attended the consecration ceremony of the Catholic building, one of the largest in the Middle East.

DEGANYA, Israel — At a baptismal site on the Jordan River just south of the Sea of Galilee, pilgrims kneel in the water as a priest intones a blessing, a high point of their visit to the Holy Land. A ...

Environmentalists and Israeli officials clash over River Jordan pollution. JERUSALEM, July 29,2010 -- Qasr Al-Yahud is one of the most popular baptismal sites on the River Jordan. But it has found ...

Students spark outrage after post of 'human swastika' ...

Today’s random Middle Eastern borders are suboptimal for all parties involved. However, an opportunity has emerged for a voluntary, mutually beneficial border realignment due to a confluence of ...

The Jan. 10 inauguration of a vast church on the very spot where Jesus Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River was an event of significant symbolic importance, both spiritually ...