Middle East

Students have dug in at dozens of pro-Palestinian encampments around the country, prompting a range of responses from administrators.
A senior Qatari official is urging the two parties to show "more commitment and more seriousness" in negotiations, as the war in Gaza nears seven months.
College students across the country are protesting Israel’s attacks on Gaza. But what exactly are they demanding from their universities?
"It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions," the progressive senator told the Israeli prime minister.
Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya gave no details of Israel's offer, but said it was in response to a proposal from Hamas two weeks ago.
The incident occurred after a group of Christian nationalists marched outside the campus, which is the site of a pro-Palestinian student encampment.
Sabreen was the sole survivor after her family's home was hit by an Israeli airstrike. "My brother’s family is completely wiped out," her uncle said near her grave.
A neo-Nazi drove his car into a group of anti-racist demonstrators during the 2017 hate rally, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer.
"Please. Countries at war, all of them, stop the war. Look to negotiate. Look for peace," the pope said in an interview with CBS News.
Palestinian medics have uncovered hundreds of bodies from mass graves in at least two major hospitals that were under siege by the Israeli military.