Middle East

The rapper named the track "Hind's Hall" after the Columbia University building that was occupied by student protesters.
The war in Gaza has pitted two key Democratic constituencies against each other, and Joe Biden will likely need the support of both to win reelection.
Israel has brushed off urgent warnings from allies and humanitarians against launching an invasion into the city home to over a million Palestinians.
“The negligence and the arrogance and the lack of accountability is manifesting itself into the last neighborhood of the Gaza Strip," an evacuated American says.
Aid workers are desperately warning of the dangers that will come with Israel's anticipated ground offensive into the overcrowded city in Gaza.
University of Mississippi opened a student conduct probe after a GOP Congressman acknowledged "potentially inappropriate behavior" in a video he initially praised.
The stunning diplomatic shift would appear to be the first instance of the Biden administration withholding U.S. arms from Israel since Oct. 7.
The move dashed hopes that diplomacy would stop Israel from carrying out its deeply controversial attack on Rafah, the last refuge for 1.5 million Palestinians. A U.S. official questioned whether Israel was acting "in good faith."
Former Rep. John Hostettler, an opponent of foreign aid, is accused of trafficking in antisemitic tropes. His response to criticism has not helped.
The Israeli military said it was conducting “targeted strikes” against Hamas in eastern Rafah.