A small town Knights of Columbus council hopes to have a big impact halfway around the world.

El-Sissi has already ensured his victory in the balloting that runs from March 26-28, after the imprisonment of three contenders and the withdrawals of four other opponents.

The churches have enjoyed an unofficial tax-exempt status for centuries.

As Syria's war soon enters its eighth year, the conflict is escalating in the country's north, between Turkey and the Kurds, and in the south, between Iran and Israel. 

In the period in between their two meetings, the Turkish leader squashed a weak attempt at a coup and has imprisoned thousands of opponents.

The language spoken by Jesus and kept alive by Syriac Christians finds an unlikely haven in Paramus, New Jersey.