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‘The Bibi Files,’ with leaked Netanyahu footage, can't be seen in Israel. Israelis are finding ways

Dec. 13, 2024 00:06 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran documentarian Alex Gibney, who in a decades-long career has tackled many a thorny issue, wasn't planning a film about Israel — until one day last year, when a stunning leak fell into his hands. The leak turned out to be more like a deluge. ...

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill more than 50 people, including kids

Dec. 12, 2024 19:20 PM EST

An Israeli airstrike flattened a multistory building in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens more, according to Palestinian medical officials, after strikes Thursday across the Gaza Strip killed at least 28 others. The latest deadly strike hit the urban...

Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast

Dec. 12, 2024 17:27 PM EST

AQABA, Jordan (AP) — Top U.S. officials were in the Middle East on Thursday, pushing for stability in Syria and an end to Israel’s 14-month war in the Gaza Strip in a last-ditch diplomatic push by the outgoing Biden administration before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in a few weeks....

Israeli strike in Gaza kills 25 people as US makes new push for a ceasefire

Dec. 12, 2024 17:12 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 25 Palestinians and wounding dozens more, Palestinian medics said, as U.S. President Joe Biden’s two top national security officials were in the region making a renewed push for an...

Highlights from Trump's interview with Time magazine

Dec. 12, 2024 15:18 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was on the verge of backing a 16-week federal abortion ban earlier this year when aides staged an intervention. According to Time magazine's cover story on his selection as its 2024 Person of the Year, Trump's aides first raised concerns in mid-March...

Paraguay reopens its embassy in Jerusalem, handing Israel a rare diplomatic victory

Dec. 12, 2024 11:51 AM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — The small South American nation of Paraguay reopened its embassy in Jerusalem on Thursday, becoming the latest of just a small handful of countries to recognize the bitterly contested city as Israel’s capital. The move marks a welcome diplomatic victory for Prime...

Middle East latest: UN General Assembly demands a ceasefire in Gaza

Dec. 12, 2024 01:58 AM EST

The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and expressing support for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban. General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding, although they reflect world...

UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees

Dec. 11, 2024 20:12 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban. The votes in the 193-nation world body were 158-9, with 13...

The Trump and Biden teams insist they're working hand in glove on foreign crises

Dec. 11, 2024 18:28 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump doesn't think much of Joe Biden's foreign policy record. The Republican president-elect frequently casts the outgoing Democratic president as a feckless leader who shredded American credibility around the world during his four-year term. But a funny...

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 including children, Palestinian medics say

Dec. 11, 2024 17:58 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes pounded the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday, with one attack ripping through a home where displaced people were sheltering in the isolated north. The strikes killed at least 33 people including children, Palestinian health officials said. ...