The lifetime of Shimon Peres, who died at age 93 after suffering a stroke on Sept. 13, spans the lifetime of the state of Israel. Peres served twice as prime minister but was never more popular than during the seven years he served as President of Israel from 2007
After a widely panned performance in the inaugural presidential debate, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gave several contradictory answers. Trump repeatedly claimed victory, berated the media for covering his loss and offered excuses for his performance
A black man reportedly acting erratically at a strip mall in suburban San Diego was shot and killed by police after pulling an object from his pocket, authorities said. Dozens of protesters gathered at the shooting scene
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk unveiled his plans for humans to settle on Mars, laying out a master scheme for establishing a colony on the red plane. The first human mission could take place in 2024, he said
A man suspected in a pair of Dallas-area killings was arrested at an apartment about 150 miles to the south near Austin, police said. Silvestre Franco-Luviano was arrested after a standoff
A massive typhoon left one person dead in eastern China, a day after killing four and injuring 260 in Taiwan. Typhoon Megi weakened to a tropical storm after hitting the coastal city of Quanzhou in Fujian province before dawn
President Barack Obama announced career diplomat Jeffrey DeLaurentis as his choice to become the first U.S. ambassador to Cuba in more than a half-century, a move that sets up a possible fight with congressional critics of Obama's overtures to the communist island nation
More than 100 women from 38 countries have called on outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to pursue a peace treaty that would officially end the Korean War. Meanwhile the U.S. vowed to speed up the deployment of the THAAD antimissile system
The Senate blocked a bill needed to keep the government open beyond Friday's midnight deadline. Most Democrats and at least 10 Republicans voted to block the bill, which also funds the fight against Zika. Democrats are demanding money to help Flint's water crisis
With international diplomacy in tatters and the U.S. focused on its election, the Syrian government and its Russian allies are seizing the moment to wage an all-out campaign to recapture Aleppo, unleashing the most destructive bombing of the past five years
As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo's massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web
A baby has been born with DNA from three biological parents. Ibtisam Shaban and Mahmoud Hassan, were treated by a U.S. team based in Mexico using a controversial technique that allows parents with rare genetic mutations to have healthy babies
The royal family has arrived for an eight day tour of the country
