Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.

Once the largest Christian church for over a thousand years, Hagia Sophia was built under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Over time, it has served as a Greek Orthodox cathedral, a Roman ...

Tony Doris, the editorial page editor at The Palm Beach Post, was fired after he selected a cartoon that drew criticism from a nearby Jewish organization. Tony Doris was the editorial page editor ...

FILE - Worshippers perform a night prayer called 'Tarawih' during the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Turkey at the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey ...

Days of our Lives has pulled another casting switcheroo within the teen scene. There is a new Sophia in town less than a year after the character debuted. Madelyn Kientz, who originated the role ...

Muslims in the Middle East are observing the holy month of Ramadan under exceptional circumstances. Ramadan is seen as a time of religious reflection and worship, charity, and community, as they ...

CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it’s a time of ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily ...

Sophia Jurksztowicz, who has been on a leave of absence from NESN’s Bruins broadcasts this season for undisclosed personal reasons, announced Wednesday night she has returned to work and will be ...

Credit: Navitas Spa Sarnic Authorities in Turkey have sealed off a luxury spa that was set up by illegally modifying a 1,500-year-old cistern near Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The spa, originally an ...