Middle East

Police have used riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings.
At least two other universities in the U.S. have reached deals with students who have set up encampments to protest Israel's attacks on Gaza.
The bill expanding antisemitism's definition to include criticism of Israel would only crack down on free speech rights of antiwar student protesters, critics say.
After months of stop-and-start negotiations, cease-fire efforts between Israel and the Palestinian militant group appear to have reached a critical stage.
"We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent," he said.
The former Trump White House communications director said she initially believed the ex-president's hush money trial was "gonna hurt him."
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel, describing the siege of Gaza as “genocide.”
Dueling groups of protesters clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another.
The Biden White House has pursued a “cold shoulder strategy for its own base and all Americans who want to see an end to this war,” the group said.
On April 30, 1968, police flooded onto Columbia University's campus to end a demonstration students had staged — a scene that was eerily repeated 56 years later.