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This photo provided by The New York Public Library shows the Schomburg Quran on Dec. 16, 2025 in New York. (Jonathan Blanc/The New York Public Library via AP)

Zohran Mamdani chose a Quran full of symbolism for his mayoral oath

11:17 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will make history as the city's first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran

Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over the first Vespers and the 'Te Deum' in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope asks that Rome welcome foreigners as he closes out 2025

9:19 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Pope Leo XIV has closed out 2025 with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people young and old

This photo provided by Capital Entertainment, Grammy Award Nominated Gospel Singer Richard Smallwood is handed a portrait of himself during his 75th Birthday Celebration. (Capital Entertainment via AP)

Gospel singer Richard Smallwood dies at 77, leaving a legacy that inspired many in music

9:09 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer Richard Smallwood has died at 77

Candy Cane Lane at Christmas on L. Ron Hubbard Way

9:00 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Families Gathered on L. Ron Hubbard Way at the Church of Scientology Los Angeles Annual Candy Cane Lane Holiday Festival

9:00 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Buddhist monks on a "Walk for Peace" walk on Veterans Parkway in Fayetteville, Ga., on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, from Texas to Washington, D.C. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Buddhist monks persist in peace walk despite injuries as thousands follow them on social media

10:27 AM on Tuesday, December 30

A group of Buddhist monks is persevering in their peace walk across much of the U.S. even after two participants were injured when a truck hit their escort vehicle

List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending

7:17 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Israel says it's suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules to vet international groups working in Gaza

Palestinians pass along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026

5:36 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza

FILE - Parishioners of Notre Dame d'Haiti process outside the Catholic church during a Lent faith event that reenacted the biblical story of the Red Sea passage March 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto, File)

US faith leaders supporting targeted immigrants brace for a tough year ahead

4:14 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Faith leaders across the United States face challenges as they support anxious immigrants

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett speaks about the Bondi terror attack investigation as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, listens, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, in Canberra, Australia. (Hilary Wardhaugh/AAP Image via AP)

Australian police find no evidence of 'broader terrorist cell' in Bondi Beach antisemitic shooting

7:33 PM on Monday, December 29

Police say an investigation that extended to the Philippines of two men accused of killing 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence they were part of a “broader terrorist cell.”

Shamans hold photos of U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during their annual ritual to predict political and social issues for the new year in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peruvian shamans predict Maduro's fall, continued global conflicts in 2026

12:12 PM on Monday, December 29

A group of Peruvian shamans gathered in front of the sea in the Miraflores district of Peru’s capital city to carry out an annual ritual in which they make predictions for the upcoming year

Betty Cole leads an interfaith meditation practice at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Ancient meditation practices find new life in modern religious communities across America

4:20 AM on Monday, December 29

Meditation has been a common feature for eons in religious traditions from Buddhism to yoga, which originated as an ancient spiritual practice in India rooted in Hindu philosophy

Street artist Jarrod Grech poses for a photo next to his painting of Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old Syrian-Australian shopkeeper who disarmed one of the attackers of Sydney's Bondi Beach shooting, in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (Rod McGuirk/AP Photo)

Families of Bondi Beach victims demand more federal action on antisemitism and security failures

9:26 PM on Sunday, December 28

Families of victims of the recent Sydney massacre are urging more federal action to investigate rising antisemitism and security failures

Palestinians try to recover their tent after overnight rainfall flooded their beachside tent camp in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)

Winter rain floods Gaza camps as Netanyahu heads for US meeting

6:17 AM on Sunday, December 28

Winter rain has lashed the Gaza Strip and flooded camps with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by war try to stay dry in fraying tents

A police officer injured by a thrown stone is helped away from the area after clashes erupted between Alawite protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterprotesters, two days after a bomb in an Alawite mosque in Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 during Friday prayers, in Latakia, Syria's coastal region, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

4 dead, dozens injured in Syria during clashes between Alawites and counterdemonstrators

3:59 AM on Sunday, December 28

At least four people have been killed and dozens wounded in clashes on Syria’s coast

Shaimaa Wadi, 25, sits with her 1-year-old daughter Tala, inside their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Chilly Gaza braces for more winter rain and word of any progress in ceasefire talks

10:25 AM on Saturday, December 27

Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza’s thousands of displaced people prepared threadbare tents for another round of winter rain

FILE - Jeffrey R. Holland, member of the quorum of the twelve apostles, speaks during a news conference at the Conference Center, in Salt Lake City, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File )

Jeffrey R. Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85

7:01 AM on Saturday, December 27

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FILE - Hoda Abrahim, founder and CEO of, "Love, Inshallah," a matchmaker featured on the series, "Muslim Matchmaker," on Hulu, appears in her home on Aug. 11, 2025, in Conroe, Texas. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

How TV shows like 'Mo' and 'Muslim Matchmaker' allow Arab and Muslim Americans to tell their stories

5:14 AM on Saturday, December 27

Comedian Mo Amer is gaining attention for his show “Mo,” which explores the journey of a Palestinian refugee family seeking asylum in the U.S. The series is part of a wave of TV shows by Arab or Muslim American creators that aim to tell authentic stories without relying on stereotypes

A man holds an imaginary depiction of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad who is revered by Syria's Alawite community, during the funeral of victims of an attack a day earlier at the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in the predominantly Alawite Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood of Homs, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Hundreds mourn in Syria's Homs after deadly mosque bombing

2:00 AM on Saturday, December 27

Hundreds of mourners have gathered outside a mosque in Homs, Syria, after a bombing killed eight people and wounded 18

FILE - Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact

4:02 AM on Friday, December 5

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts

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