Like Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin in the 1990s, both Öcalan and Erdoğan may now be acting under the shadow of their own mortality. Arafat, once the militant face of Palestinian nationalism, and ...

Here are some of the United Nations' history-making events as the world body marks the anniversary of its founding on June 26, 1945, when the U.N. Charter was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was invited to speak at the United Nations even though the territories were not a U.N. member nation. Arafat told diplomats in the General Assembly chamber, “Today, I ...

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat smiles during a meeting at his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah in 2004. Muhammad Nasser/AP It’s been 20 years since Arafat died as possibly the victim ...

France said it has received a letter from the Palestinian Authority that contains “concrete and unprecedented commitments” to reform as Paris prepares to co-chair a conference on Palestinian ...

Abbas, 89, has headed the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) since the death of veteran leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 but he had for years resisted internal ...

Arafat, having lived to witness the first premiership of Netanyahu along with the rise of Hamas and its own one-state vision—that of an Islamic Palestinian state—died of a sudden illness in 2004.

Pictures of Andrew Cuomo schmoozing with then-Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat back in 2000 are being revisited now that he's making a combat bid for mayor.

The nickname Yasir or Yasser means “easy-going” in Arabic. Arafat acquired it as a teenager. Arafat’s alias, Abu Ammar, was adopted in the mid 1960s. 1950s – After graduating from college ...

The nickname Yasir or Yasser means “easy-going” in Arabic. Arafat acquired it as a teenager. Arafat’s alias, Abu Ammar, was adopted in the mid 1960s. 1950s – After graduating from college ...

The nickname Yasir or Yasser means “easy-going” in Arabic. Arafat acquired it as a teenager. Arafat’s alias, Abu Ammar, was adopted in the mid 1960s. 1950s – After graduating from college ...