National News

8:25 AM on Monday, October 13

Egyptian official says 154 Palestinian prisoners who were released and deported by Israel arrive in Egypt

8:16 AM on Monday, October 13

The Vatican has taken the unusual step of announcing that it had named judges to decide the fate of a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women

8:14 AM on Monday, October 13

Palestinian prisoners arrive in Gaza after their release from Israeli prison as part of the ceasefire deal

8:08 AM on Monday, October 13

Trump uses Knesset speech to urge Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu on corruption charges

7:53 AM on Monday, October 13

Trump tells Palestinians they should focus on 'building their people up' instead of attacking Israel

7:18 AM on Monday, October 13

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas arrives in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh to attend key summit co-chaired by the US and Egypt (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert had a typo in the word key)

6:54 AM on Monday, October 13

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law

6:39 AM on Monday, October 13

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges that he is 'committed to this peace' in speech to parliament

6:19 AM on Monday, October 13

Tropical Storm Lorenzo forms in the central tropical Atlantic Ocean and isn't threatening land, forecasters say

6:14 AM on Monday, October 13

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's office says he will not travel to Egypt for summit due to Jewish holiday

6:14 AM on Monday, October 13

Egypt says American engagement, deployment of peacekeepers on ground necessary to see Trump's peace vision through

5:54 AM on Monday, October 13

Hamas-run Prisoners Office says buses carrying dozens of freed Palestinian prisoners have arrived in West Bank city

2:29 AM on Monday, October 13

President Donald Trump has told Israeli lawmakers their country has no more to achieve on the battlefield and must work toward peace in the Middle East after two years of war against Hamas and skirmishes with Hezbollah and Iran

1:44 AM on Monday, October 13

1:03 AM on Monday, October 13

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for explaining innovation-driven economic growth

12:37 AM on Monday, October 13

Gains by chipmakers pushed Wall Street significantly higher before markets opened as trade tensions between China and the U.S. appeared to soften over the weekend

12:06 AM on Monday, October 13

The U.S. and Egyptian presidents are chairing a gathering of world leaders dubbed “Summit for Peace” to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal

Monday, October 13

Hamas has released all 20 remaining hostages as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, ending two years of conflict in the Gaza Strip

10:01 PM on Sunday, October 12

An Egyptian official says 154 Palestinian prisoners who were released by Israel have been sent to Egypt

2:06 PM on Sunday, October 12

Israel says it has received 20 hostages released by Hamas as the ceasefire in Gaza held before a critical day for all sides and the region