JERUSALEM — Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president and prime minister, whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state and who was celebrated around the world as a Nobel prize-winning visionary ...

TEL AVIV — There was resounding silence in the Arab world at the news that Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres had died Wednesday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Peres' passing "a heavy ...

JERUSALEM (CBSNewYork/AP) --Israel's Foreign Ministry says a long list of world leaders will attend Shimon Peres' funeral on Friday. Spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said Wednesday that President Obama, ...

Members of a Knesset squad carry the flag-draped coffin of former Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sept. 30. Getty Images Shimon Peres, a Nobel Peace laureate and Israel’s last founding father, was ...

Shimon Peres, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was prime minister of Israel on three separate occasions before becoming the country's president, died Wednesday. He was 93. Chemi Peres confirmed his ...

A long list of world leaders offered warm words of condolence after the passing of Shimon Peres on Wednesday. Among them was Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas sent a letter to the ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres, Israel’s longtime voice for Mideast accord, was mourned at a Friday funeral filled with friends assembled from across his amazing life. The lengthy list of world ...

'Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres' — about the late president and onetime prime minister of Israel — will be directed by Oscar winner Richard Trank. By Chris Gardner Barack ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president and prime minister, whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state and who was celebrated around the world as a Nobel prize-winning ...

The former president of Israel, Shimon Peres, died on Wednesday in a Tel Aviv area hospital at 93. Peres was one of the last surviving founders of Israel. He died about two weeks after suffering a ...