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Colleges nationwide turn to police to quell pro-Palestine protests as commencement ceremonies near

Apr. 25, 2024 03:50 AM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With graduations looming, student protesters doubled down early Thursday on their discontent of the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the country as universities, including ones in California and Texas, have become quick to call in the police to end the demonstrations and...

The Latest | Israeli strikes in Rafah kill at least 5

Apr. 25, 2024 03:31 AM EDT

Palestinian hospital officials say Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip have killed at least five people. Among those killed in the strikes overnight and into Thursday were two children, identified in hospital records as Sham Najjar, 6, and Jamal...

Hamas official says group would lay down its weapons if a two-state solution is implemented

Apr. 25, 2024 01:30 AM EDT

ISTANBUL (AP) — A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along...

US coalition warship shoots down missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels over the Gulf of Aden

Apr. 25, 2024 00:39 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — A warship — part of a U.S.-led coalition protecting shipping in the Mideast — intercepted an anti-ship ballistic missile fired over the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, the American military said, marking a new attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels after a recent lull. The...

World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza will be honored at memorial

Apr. 25, 2024 00:21 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A memorial at the National Cathedral in Washington on Thursday will honor the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza earlier this month. José Andrés, the celebrity chef and philanthropist behind the Washington-based World...

Dozens arrested on California campus after students in Texas detained as Gaza war protests persist

Apr. 24, 2024 23:22 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police peacefully arrested student protesters at the University of Southern California on Wednesday, hours after police at a Texas university aggressively detained dozens in the latest clashes between law enforcement and those protesting the Israel-Hamas war on campuses...

A look at the Gaza war protests that have emerged on US college campuses

Apr. 24, 2024 22:43 PM EDT

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. Protests Wednesday on the campuses of at least two universities involved clashes with police,...

The Latest | Germany will resume working with UN relief agency for Palestinians after a review

Apr. 24, 2024 19:01 PM EDT

Germany said Wednesday that it plans to follow several other countries in resuming cooperation with the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians in Gaza after the publication of an independent review of its neutrality. The head of the Arab League hailed the report, saying it showed that...

Biden meets 4-year-old Abigail Edan, an American who was held hostage by Hamas

Apr. 24, 2024 18:43 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American girl who was held hostage in Gaza for several weeks at the start of the war. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the White House meeting with Abigail and her family...

Hamas releases video showing well-known Israeli-American hostage

Apr. 24, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas released a hostage video on Wednesday showing a well-known Israeli-American man who was among scores of people abducted by the militants in the attack that ignited the war in Gaza. The video was the first sign of life of Hersh Goldberg-Polin since Hamas’...