Peres, remembered for tireless peace efforts, laid to rest
By ARON HELLER Shimon Peres was laid to rest Friday by dozens of world leaders who praised Israel’s former president and prime minister for pursuing peace with an indefatigable spirit…
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AP Analysis: Mideast showed Hillary Clinton US power’s limit
By JON GAMBRELL In the wake of the Orlando killings this week, Hillary Clinton had harsh words for America’s Gulf allies, criticizing them for funding institutions that radicalize young Muslims.…
New generation of disillusioned Palestinians drives unrest
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and KARIN LAUB A new generation of angry, disillusioned Palestinians is driving the current wave of clashes with Israeli forces: Too young to remember the hardships of…
Islamic State killed hundreds as it took Iraq’s Ramadi
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and SAMEER N. YACOUB Islamic State militants likely killed up to 500 Iraqi civilians and soldiers and forced 8,000 people to flee from their homes as they…
ARIEL SHARON, FORMER ISRAELI PM, DIES AT 85
By JOSEF FEDERMAN FILE – In this Wednesday Feb. 7, 2001 file photo, Ariel Sharon, then Israel’s Prime Minister-elect, looks up as he touches Judaism holiest site, the Western Wall,…
Palestinians: Israel only suspect in Arafat death
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH A Palestinian child works at a shop across from a poster of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of…
Q&A on polonium: What may have killed Arafat
By MARIA CHENG and JILL LAWLESS Palestinians walk past a mural depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at Shati Refugee Camp, in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. Swiss scientists…
Swiss lab: Arafat ingested deadly polonium
By JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this May 31, 2002 file photo, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat pauses during the weekly Muslim Friday prayers in his headquarters in the West Bank…