Middle East
An attack on Rafah, the last refuge in Gaza, appears imminent — and ongoing Israel-Iran tensions are complicating hopes President Joe Biden will stop it.
Israel and Iran on Friday both played down an apparent Israeli airstrike near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran.
Workers protested against Project Nimbus, a joint contract with Amazon to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services.
House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to tie a bill targeting TikTok with legislation offering aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A special State Department panel told Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action.
“Blaming and threatening the mediator is not constructive,” the Embassy of Qatar in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.
"They should get out and move those people off the streets," the Republican senator said.
Columbia University’s president is set to testify over questions of antisemitism and the school’s response to escalating conflicts on campus.
The human rights office was referring to a recent rash of attacks by armed settlers and Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied territory.
Facing pressure from all sides, Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan is to let members pick and choose what they support.