Israel-Hamas war

Indiana bill defining antisemitism in the state education code advances to Senate

By Isabella Volmert, Associated Press

Advocates for the bill said instances of antisemitism have increased at college campuses in Indiana since the Oct. 7 attack, when militants stormed into Israel from Gaza, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and capturing around 250 people.

WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as U.S. military strikes Houthis in Yemen

By News Desk and Associated Press

The strikes followed an official announcement Wednesday that the U.S. has put the Houthis back on its list of specially designated global terrorists.

Netanyahu says he has told U.S. that he opposes Palestinian state in any scenario after Israel-Hamas war

By Najib Jobain, Jack Jeffery, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

The announcement on Thursday exposed the deep divisions that have emerged between the close allies three months into Israel's war against Gaza's Hamas rulers.

U.S. military launches another barrage of missiles against Houthi sites in Yemen, AP sources say

By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Despite a large-scale operation carried out by U.S. and British warships and warplanes Friday that hit more than 60 targets across Yemen, the Houthis have continued their harassment campaign of commercial and military ships.

U.S. pledges new sanctions over Houthi attacks to minimize harm to Yemen’s hungry millions

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

The United States has put Yemen’s Houthis rebels back on its list of specially designated global terrorists.

How watermelon imagery, a symbol of solidarity with Palestinians, spread around the world

By Anna Furman, Associated Press

Over the past three months, on banners and T-shirts and balloons and social media posts, one piece of imagery has emerged around the world in protests against the Israel-Hamas war: the watermelon.

Hostages and Gaza residents are set to receive medicines as the Israel-Hamas war rages on

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas is en route to Gaza.

Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran after airstrike kills 2 children

By Munir Ahmed, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Islamabad angrily denounced the attack as a "blatant violation" of its airspace and said it killed two children. Tuesday's strike in Pakistan's restive southwestern Baluchistan province imperiled diplomatic relations between the two neighboring countries.

Blinken calls a pathway to a Palestinian state a necessity for Israeli security

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

Speaking at World Economic Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, Blinken said Wednesday that the view of leaders in the Arab and Muslim world have changed on Israel and the creation of a Palestinian state would…

Hamas fights in hard-hit areas of Gaza while deal emerges to deliver medicine to hostages

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

The fighting showed how far Israel remains from achieving its goals of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages captured in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war.