Middle East

Cease-fire talks resume in Cairo, while there are more funerals in Rafah

7:18am May 08, 2024

As cease-fire negotiators talk, soldiers and militants keep fighting. Israeli warplanes pound Gaza's southernmost city Rafah, where some 1.4 million Palestinians have sought refuge.

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Biden considers allowing some Palestinians from Gaza to come to the U.S. as refugees

5:18am May 08, 2024

The Biden administration reportedly is considering opening up a pathway for some Palestinian to come from Gaza to the U.S. as refugees. But what would that look like in practice?

As the war in Gaza goes on, groups try to build bridges between Arabs and Jews

5:18am May 08, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

The war in Gaza has caused deep divisions in communities around the world. But in the Israeli city of Haifa, some people are working toward dialogue.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:18am May 08, 2024

Humanitarian groups warn of a potential catastrophe in Rafah. Stormy Daniels begins testifying in Donald Trump's N.Y. criminal trial. TikTok challenges U.S. ban in court, calling it unconstitutional.

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike east of Rafah, Gaza Strip, this past Monday.

U.S. paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah, official says

3:01am May 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

The shipment was supposed to be 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs, according to an official, with the U.S. concern being how the explosives could be used in a dense urban setting.

President Biden arrives to speak at the annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on May 7.

Biden decries surge of antisemitism since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel

6:43pm May 07, 2024

by Tamara Keith

President Biden spoke out against harassment of Jewish students on college campuses, part of what he called a "ferocious surge of antisemitism" seen since Oct. 7.

An American family is home after years in a Syrian camp for ISIS militants' relatives

5:35pm May 07, 2024

by Sacha Pfeiffer

A family of 10 American citizens who were held for years in a Syrian refugee camp and detention center for relatives of ISIS militants have been repatriated to the United States.

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World News

What's next for Rafah

4:55pm May 07, 2024

by Greg Myre

Israeli tanks rumbled into southern Gaza and seized control of the critical Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Israel and Hamas are trying yet again to work out a ceasefire in Egypt's capital Cairo.

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The past 24 hours have been a whirlwind for Palestinians in Rafah

4:33pm May 07, 2024

Israeli tanks rolled into the southern Gaza city of Rafah Tuesday, taking control of the territory's border crossing with Egypt.

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A woman carries a child as she walks through the al-Hol refugee camp in northeastern Syria in October 2023.

After years in a Syrian ISIS camp, a 10-person American family is back in the U.S.

4:29pm May 07, 2024

by Sacha Pfeiffer

The complex deal also brought home two sons of a Minnesota man who fought for ISIS.

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