Pope John Paul II has become the first Pontiff to enter a mosque during his groundbreaking pilgrimage to Syria. The country's top Muslim clerics are escorting the Pope through Damascus' Omayyad Mosque ...

During his long and fruitful pontificate, St. John Paul II embraced the entire world, which stands yet again in need of his ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Sahar Diab had visited Damascus ... with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely ...

St. Paul, Minnesota Wild want state to cover half of $769M Xcel Energy Center renovation The NHL team’s owner, Craig Leipold, said he’s committed to keeping the team in the capital city.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Syria’s interim government has reached a breakthrough deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls ...

The two groups that Israel sought to support in Syria, Kurds and Druze, are now moving closer to integration with the new government in Damascus. ISRAEL HAS the world’s third-largest Druze ...

This appeared to set up the possibility of a clash between the SDF and HTS. As HTS assumed leadership in Damascus, it unified many former rebel groups, and Sharaa became the president of the new ...

From B’s Barbershop to Pino’s Pizzeria and Allegra Printing, the remaining commercial tenants at the Alliance Bank Center in downtown St. Paul were informed late Monday afternoon they should ...

After just over a decade in business, the downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, Lunds & Byerlys will close its doors by the end of the month. The Twin Cities-based grocery chain announced Friday it ...

In a previous article we asked whether, for the event that renewed Paul’s life on the road to Damascus, it is more accurate to speak ... to change the name of the “Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul” ...

Hundreds of civilians reported killed in days of violence Germany and US demand accountability for civilian killings Russia coordinates with US amid escalating Syrian violence DAMASCUS ...

They also served as an apt reminder to the new authorities in Damascus that they cannot reconquer the entire country nor impose their will on its diverse population by force. Attempting to do so ...