Pope Leo XIV continued advocating for peace in several social media posts Wednesday, undaunted by recent criticism from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The post ‘Reject the Logic of Violence and War’: Pope Continues Advocating for ‘Peace’ Undaunted by Criticism from Trump,

Direct talks between the two sides lasted some 21 hours in the first meeting of its kind since the war began. But there was no deal to end the war.

Vice President JD Vance said the Iranian delegation had not accepted American terms for ending the war after a marathon, face-to-face session in Pakistan.

America is once again at war in the Middle East. Having transited the Strait of Hormuz multiple times as a ship captain, it is a geography that I know well. While our service men and women are engaged in conflict in distant lands and waters, I will not ...

Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Pakistan to helm talks aimed at solidifying the fragile truce between the US and Iran — and in the process, elevate himself as the key peacemaker within an administration that has devoted its last several weeks to war.

It is a distant memory now, but in the 1970s, Iran and Israel were close allies. Their friendship was forged in mutual interests – energy security, military and intelligence sharing, a joint bulwark against hostile Arab regimes and Soviet influence in the region.

Iran war has changed the world with higher gas prices, weakened regime in Tehran, doubts about NATO future and a rift in MAGA land.

Rising geopolitical tensions challenge the exhibition industry, highlighting its role in fostering trust and collaboration.

As far as showdowns between popes and secular leaders go, President Donald Trump versus Pope Leo XIV hardly rates. Leo hasn’t forced Trump to come see him and stand for three days in the snow, the way Pope Gregory VII did to Henry IV,

The Biography of Pope John Paul II.” “Blasphemy” — the definition of which, according to my beloved Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, includes “claiming the attributes of deity” — is not a term typically deployed these days to describe the actions of political leaders.

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François Picard welcomes Farès Boueiz, former Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Israeli-Lebanese talks in the US cannot be defined as a "breakthrough", explains the former Lebanese minister. He sees this as a technical prelude to meaningful negotiations.