President Trump says Israel has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept it. This comes ahead of a Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House next week.

After 104 days in a Louisiana immigration detention center, Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil has been released on ...

After 104 days in a Louisiana immigration detention center, Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil has been released on ...

President Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran on Monday. But despite separate statements from the two countries saying they agreed to a truce, reports persisted of further airstrikes.

He spoke to Morning Edition host Leila Fadel about his arrest, his time in detention and why he believes the government targeted him for protesting U.S. support for the war in Gaza.

Fadel: You mean they actively stopped you from speaking to journalists while in detention. Khalil: Yes, they did. A number of media outlets reached out to the facility asking for interviews with me, ...

He spoke to Morning Edition host Leila Fadel about his arrest, his time in detention and why he believes the government targeted him for protesting U.S. support for the war in Gaza.

Israeli forces boarded a boat of activists trying to land in Gaza and took them to Israel. They hoped to draw attention to Israel's ongoing war in Gaza that has put the population at risk of famine.

FADEL: Wow, I mean, that's really hard to listen to those descriptions there. And people are still going to those sites, despite the risk. I mean, what else can you say about hunger in Gaza right now?

FADEL: In Iran, Bahran also cut her conversation short. The government, she said, was going to impose an internet blackout. BAHRAN: So I think I won't be available for a while and say anything more.