Two million meals a day could be delivered via sea to feed people in Gaza, the US says

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CAIRO — Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza's city of Rafah — on the border with Egypt — could have catastrophic consequences for regional stability. Egypt's top intelligence official, Abbas Kamel, is leading the delegation and plans to discuss with Israel a “new vision” for a prolonged cease-fire in Gaza, an… Read Full Article

HANOI — The chairman of Vietnam's parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue. has resigned over his "violations and shortcomings," its government said on Friday, in a new sign of political turbulence just weeks after the high-profile dismissal of the country's president.   The head of the assembly is among the four "pillars" of the leadership in Vietnam, which officially has no paramount ruler. Hue, 67, had been touted as a possible candidate for the Communist Party secretary position, Vietnam's most… Read Full Article

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Warsaw, Poland — Olga drew her index finger abruptly across her neck as she recounted the threats her husband leveled at her after he returned to Russia, wounded from fighting in Ukraine. "I'm going to cut your head and hands off and beat you up. I'll burn you in acid," he threatened her, she said. Even before her husband went off to fight in Ukraine, he was a violent alcoholic, Olga -- not her real name -- told AFP. When he returned home seven months later, he was even worse. And now he… Read Full Article

Hundreds of students have been arrested for participating in pro-Palestinian protests in recent days. And some schools, like Columbia and GW, have given them deadlines to dismantle their encampments.

Authorities are being called to disperse pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college and university campuses across the U.S. — leading to mass arrests.