1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (615+ words) SAN JOSE, California — Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the US government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel's war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration's quest to deport noncitizens…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1150+ words) TEL AVIV, Israel — It's been a year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on a hospital in Gaza. No one has been held accountable. Despite repeated requests by AP, the army has…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (740+ words) HOUSTON — Oil prices settled up by more than US$2 (S$2.55) on Monday (Aug 17) on global supply worries stoked by investor pessimism about diplomatic efforts to resolve the Iran war, with US President Donald Trump demanding Iran's surrender and threatening to bomb…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (506+ words) JERUSALEM - Families on the outskirts of Qusra, the West Bank village where Palestinian homes have been under siege for nearly a week, said they have faced sometimes deadly attacks by militant settlers for months. The United States wants Israeli Prime…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (338+ words) BEIRUT - An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon killed seven people and wounded three early Saturday (Aug 15), one of the deadliest attacks since a precarious truce between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect on June 20. State-run National News Agency said the…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1047+ words) Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have huddled inside their homes for days on end, unable to leave because of the threat posed by Israeli settlers. The Israeli military, which over the past three years has displayed…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (256+ words) WASHINGTON — A group of current and former Palestinian students and staff have sued Columbia University, alleging discriminatory treatment by the school against its Palestinian community since late 2023, according to a court filing in New York. The lawsuit said the university…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (597+ words) BEIRUT — The Israeli military said Thursday (Aug 6) that two of its soldiers were killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since the implementation of a shaky truce between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (233+ words) WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused Monday (Aug 3) to halt a US$656 million (S$841 million) judgment against Palestinian authorities in a long-running lawsuit filed by Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel. The order signed by Sotomayor comes…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (865+ words) JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday (July 28) is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationship. The…...