Flag to be raised at pope's arrival, in turnaround from earlier Vatican stance; General Assembly overwhelmingly approved Palestinian proposal to raise flags of UN's two non-member observer states.

Two were shot inside car parked in gas station in Tlamim; police investigating incident.

Trip scheduled for less than a month before expiration of deadline to gather information on allegations that Iran tried to build atomic weapons.

Head of the Hungarian disaster unit says train seized after over 4,000 refugees crossed border on Friday.

Ahead of Pope Francis' visit to U.S., many American Jews extol pontiff's warm embrace of the Jewish community, stories of which sometimes resemble miraculous tales related about rabbis in Hasidic communities.

Attack is second intense bombardment in two days of areas held by Islamic State militants.

Controversial politician who has been accused of anti-Semitism says he has a 'Jewish element' in his background.

Mass killing happened several days after an alliance of groups including the Al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front captured air base in Idlib province.