The IDF confirmed an explosion in southern Lebanon was caused by a Hezbollah smuggling operation, not an Israeli airstrike, as Lebanese reports suggested earlier on Thursday.

Risks of a serious crisis are rising. But for disaster response, the information environment has never been worse.

On Saturday morning, Lebanon firefighters responded to a scene where multiple cars were ablaze on the 700 block of W Grant Street. The incident happened at 9:20 a.m. The first responders were an Albany Fire Department medic unit, who were in Lebanon to ...

"This first international trip will be a very public test of Leo's papacy," writes Fr. Thomas Reese. "I don't expect a home run on his first time at bat, but neither will he strike out. A base hit will be a win.

We are in need of someone like the pope to come and give us hope as Christians” at a time of "fear of an unknown future,” said 24-year-old Dima Awwad, one of the delegation