Why Trump is focusing on business deals on his Middle East trip
President Trump waves after taking questions from reporters outside the White House on May 8. Jim Watson/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP President Trump…
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World Central Kitchen closes soup kitchens across Gaza due to dwindling supplies
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption toggle caption Abdel Kareem…
Israel plans new control of food and supplies in Gaza
Wedad Abdelaal and her husband Ammar feed their 9-month-old son Khaled, in their tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Mawasi Khan Younis, Gaza…
The U.S. backs Israel’s ban on the U.N.’s Palestinian aid agency at the World Court
A Palestinian flag flies outside the International Court of Justice, which opened hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel’s obligations…
Trump has his old friend Steve Witkoff leading his toughest diplomatic talks
Steve Witkoff walks to an interview after meeting with Russian officials in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 18, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP hide caption toggle caption…
Gaza’s Catholics mourn Pope Francis. ‘He used to call us at 7 p.m. every night’
Members of the clergy celebrate Mass for the late Pope Francis at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City on Monday. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty…
Israeli probe into killing of 15 Palestinian medics finds ‘professional failures’
Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for…
New Israeli ceasefire offer demands Hamas discuss disarming, but group rejects it
People walk by a tent shelter near the rubble of a collapsed building in western Gaza City on April 15. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images…
Gaza territory shrinks drastically as Israel seizes huge swaths of land
A view over ruined buildings in the northern Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on April 2,…
For some students who protested war in Gaza, fear and silence is a new campus reality
Demonstrators protest the arrest and detention of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil outside of Columbia University. Khalil, a graduate student with a green card, is a…