BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A federal judge is scheduled to consider a request Wednesday to immediately release a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship. Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident for 10 years, was arrested April 14 at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vermont, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, his lawyers said. He is being detained at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St....

For Palestinian Christians at a church in Gaza, Pope Francis' death is a special loss GAZA CITY — For most people around the world, Pope Francis was a religious leader seen on video or read about in the news. For the congregation of a tiny Roman Catholic church in Gaza, he was the voice on the other end of the phone every night, calling to check on them in wartime. "He used to call us at 7 p.m. every night. No matter how busy he was, no matter where he...

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it has sanctioned Iranian national and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) magnate Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh and his corporations, which are "collectively responsible for shipping hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian LPG and crude oil to foreign markets," the Department of the Treasury said. Emamjomeh and his son, the UAE-based British and Iranian national Meisam Emamjomeh, "have owned and operated an LPG sales, transportation, and delivery network using multiple Iran and UAE-based companies," the statement continued.

Over two dozen people were killed when gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday, according to Indian police. At least 13 others were in hospital being treated for injuries. The attack took place in a meadow a few kilometres from central Pahalgam, a tourist destination that lies about 90km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. “The firing happened in front of us,” one witness told India Today. “We thought someone was setting off firecrackers, but when we heard other people [screaming],...

Vermont Senator Peter Welch met Monday with detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi, a green card holder from Palestine who was arrested in Vermont when he appeared for what he was told would be a naturalization test. Ahead of his arrest, Mahdawi helped lead campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza. Senator Welch, who’s calling for Mahdawi’s release, published a brief interview with Mahdawi recorded inside the Northwest State Correctional Facility. Mohsen Mahdawi: “I want to tell everyone that I feel so loved and so supported. And I am here in...