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With 'shuttle diplomacy,' step by step, Kissinger chased the possible in the Mideast
LONDON (AP) — When it came to the Middle East, Henry Kissinger wasn't pushing for peace — only for what was possible. By the time Kissinger died Wednesday at 100, the agreements he negotiated as United States secretary of state between Israel, Egypt and Syria stabilized borders...
Today in History: November 22, John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2023. There are 39 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot to death during a motorcade...
French performers lead a silent Paris march for peace between Israelis and Palestinians
PARIS (AP) — Holding olive branches and white banners, French performers from different religious and ethnic backgrounds led thousands of people on a silent march through central Paris on Sunday to call for peace between Israelis and Palestinians and unity in France. The crowd,...
Today in History: November 19, Abraham Lincoln speaks at Gettysburg cemetery dedication
Today in History Today is Sunday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2023. There are 42 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of...
Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest honor for Salman Rushdie was a prize kept secret until minutes before he rose from his seat to accept it. On Tuesday night, the author received the first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award, presented by the Vaclav Havel Center on Manhattan's Upper...
Live updates | Palestinians report deadly Israeli airstrikes as US urges humanitarian pause
The U.S. is trying to persuade Israel to take a humanitarian pause from airstrikes on Gaza, where Palestinians reported on Saturday that there were multiple fatalities across the besieged enclave. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making a new push to help civilians, and met...
Confusion, frustration and hope at Gaza's border with Egypt as first foreign passport-holders depart
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously wounded Palestinians desperate to escape Israel's bombardment of Gaza crowded around the black metal gate on the Egyptian border Wednesday, hoping to pass through the enclave’s only portal to the outside...
Netanyahu says the Gaza war has entered a new stage and will be 'long and difficult'
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation Saturday night that the military has opened a “second stage” in the war against Hamas by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea. Casting the war as a fight...
Today in History: October 27, Gunman kills 11 in Pittsburgh synagogue
Today in History Today is Friday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2023. There are 65 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life...
The Israel-Hamas war could threaten already fragile economies in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Economic crises are rippling through the countries bordering Israel, raising the possibility of a chain reaction from the war with Hamas that further worsens the financial health and political stability of Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon and creates problems well beyond. ...
