World Mar 06 European leaders coalesce around new defense plan as U.S. blames Ukraine for pause in aid The Trump administration once again put Europe on notice Thursday, as European leaders met to try and unite around a new defense plan. President Trump said he would selectively abide by Article 5, which commits the U.S. to defend NATO…
World Feb 28 Historian analyzes devolving relations between U.S. and Ukraine after Oval Office spat President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy argued in the Oval Office in a stunning public display of devolving relations. Geoff Bennett discussed the developments with Timothy Snyder, one of the country's leading historians of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet…
World Feb 25 Gazans try to rebuild destroyed homes and lives as fragile ceasefire with Israel holds The first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is supposed to end on Saturday and negotiations to extend it to a second phase are now at a standstill. During the pause in fighting, some 600,000 Palestinians have returned…
World Feb 20 Bodies of youngest kidnapped Israelis returned by Hamas as ceasefire holds Near Tel Aviv, three buses exploded in a parking lot in a suspected attack that further rattled Israel after the return of the remains of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. A U.N. official called the taunting display during the…
World Feb 11 Trump doubles down on Gaza takeover idea as Israel threatens to restart war with Hamas The fate of the ceasefire in Gaza seems fragile after Israel threatened to restart the war unless Hamas releases all Israeli hostages by Saturday. The overall fate of Gaza was the focus of an Oval Office meeting between President Trump…
World Feb 07 Top UN humanitarian official describes the current situation in Gaza One of the key United Nations agencies overseeing the provision of aid into Gaza is the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA. Its leader, Tom Fletcher, just visited Gaza and joined Geoff Bennett to discuss…
World Feb 05 Middle East leaders condemn Trump’s idea to remove Palestinians and take control of Gaza Shockwaves continue to reverberate around the world following President Trump’s remarks about seizing control of Gaza and turning the war-ravaged area into a "Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump repeated his idea that two million Palestinians from Gaza should relocate…
World Feb 04 Nir Oz begins long process of rebuilding from Oct. 7 attacks There are many kibbutzes that border Gaza and were attacked on Oct. 7 by Hamas. One with perhaps the highest death toll and greatest destruction is Nir Oz. As some of its members were released this past weekend after nearly…
World Jan 31 UNRWA vows to keep providing aid to Gaza despite Israeli ban UNRWA, the United Nations’ Palestinian relief agency, said it remains operational in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem despite an Israeli ban. The law passed in October forbids UNRWA from operating on Israeli land and from contact with…
World Jan 30 Congo’s foreign minister describes unstable conditions as rebels seize territory Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and sparked fears of a wider regional conflict. Amna Nawaz discussed more…