The United States and Israel have discussed with three East African governments the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Sudan, Somalia and its breakaway region of Somaliland, according to US and Israeli officials quoted by The Associated Press news agency.
Columbia University leadership made a series of concessions to the Donald Trump administration following an extraordinary letter that listed nine demands it expected the university to make if it did not want its federal funding to be pulled.
The US Department of Education (DOE) has sent letters to 60 universities, warning them of "potential enforcement actions" if they fail to "protect" Jewish students on campus.
Discrimination and attacks against American Muslims and Arabs rose by 7.4% in 2024 due to heightened Islamophobia caused by U.S. ally Israel's war in Gaza and the resulting college campus protests, according to a report by a Muslim advocacy group on Tuesday.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) have detained a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in last year’s pro-Palestinian protests at New York’s Columbia University, the student workers’ union has announced.
Tensions have erupted between Israel and the administration of President Donald Trump over US talks with Hamas, culminating in a heated phone call between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top aide and a senior American official, according to a report on Friday.
A US-based NGO has urged the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate former US President Joe Biden and two of his administration’s top officials, accusing them of acting as accessories to Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
Israel informed the United States that it is no longer committed to the Gaza ceasefire accord, formulated during the administration of former President Joe Biden, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has emphasized that Tel Aviv is 'committed' to a United States proposal to take control of the Gaza Strip and displace its Palestinian residents. This comes as Washington’s top diplomat visits Saudi Arabia to promote the plan, which is opposed by Arab countries.
A poll conducted by CBS has found that most people in the United States think Washington's control of the Gaza Strip, a proposal made by President Donald Trump last week, is a “bad idea”.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Esmail Baqaei, has strongly condemned the United States for imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), slamming it as a blatant misuse of power intended to protect the Zionist regime from facing justice for its criminal actions.
US President Donald Trump's decision to sanction the International Criminal Court increases the "risk of impunity" for serious crimes, 79 parties to the global tribunal have announced in a joint statement.
Amnesty International has criticized the US for hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with his army's genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has asked congressional leaders to approve new transfers of roughly $1bn worth of bombs and other military hardware to Israel, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The planned weapons sales include 4,700 1,000-pound bombs, and armored bulldozers built by Caterpillar CAT.N, the report added, citing sources.
US President Donald Trump has pledged to deport foreign university students involved in pro-Palestinian rallies, prompting an outcry from free speech and Muslim advocacy organisations.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth held an introductory call Wednesday with his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz to discuss bilateral ties, according to a spokesman.
Democrats in the US Senate have blocked the passage of a bill that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for Israel's war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
US President Donald Trump has approved the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs to Tel Aviv, overturning a suspension imposed by the administration of former President Joe Biden last year, Axios has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
United States President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, has announced he will visit Gaza in the coming days as part of what he called an “inspection team” to monitor the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas last week.
President Donald Trump's nominee for United States ambassador to the United Nations has claimed that Israel holds 'biblical' dominion over the occupied West Bank.
US President Donald Trump has decided to rescind an executive order by the Joe Biden administration that imposed sanctions on illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
US President Joe Biden has demonstrated “a double standard” on human rights, providing “arms without restriction” to Israel despite its war crimes in the Gaza Strip while condemning Russia for “similar violations” in Ukraine, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
Tel Aviv faces a “generational” problem as future US policymakers will be shaped by the destruction of the war in the Gaza Strip, the American outgoing ambassador to Israel has stated.
