Following the outbreak of war in Israel, anxieties in bordering countries have been rising amid fears the fighting will spread to neighbouring territories. Lebanon shares a border with Israel to the ...

Aug. 21 (UPI) --Pope Leo XIV is expected to travel to Lebanon before the end of the year on his first international trip. Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, said ...

Editor's note: The State Department on July 31 raised the Lebanon travel advisory to Level 4, meaning do not travel, due to rising tensions in the area. The U.S. Embassy "strongly encourages" U.S.

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is planning to visit Lebanon this year on his first foreign visit, the country’s Catholic cardinal said, a trip that would give history’s first American pope a chance to speak ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo plans to visit Lebanon, the country's senior Catholic official announced on Wednesday, in what could be the first visit outside Italy by the new leader of the global ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister visits Lebanon on Thursday in the first trip to Beirut by Riyadh's top diplomat in 15 years, seeking a commitment to reform as the Gulf state ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. The trip offers a symbolically important gesture to ...

Trip next month will be first foreign excursion of his papacy VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, the Vatican announced on ...

Pope Leo XIV blesses rosaries and greets pilgrims inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Aug. 20, 2025, after his weekly general audience. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV ...