PORTLAND, Maine — A protest in downtown Portland on Wednesday afternoon led to the arrest of 20 people who were blocking traffic on Commercial Street, according to Portland police.

NPR spoke with two international students about their decision to continue speaking out despite the government's aggressive ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday found that the Maine legislature must count the votes of a GOP lawmaker who was censured after she identified a transgender teen athlete in a viral ...

Israeli strikes pounded Gaza overnight Tuesday, hitting a family home and a school-turned-shelter, killing at least 60 people, Palestinian health officials said.

Debuting at Cannes, the latest feature from directors Arab and Tarzan Nasser ('Gaza mon amour') takes place back in 2007, ...

W hen Reham Alkahlout, a mother of four, scours the markets in Al-Nasr, Gaza, she is gripped by a gnawing anxiety spurred by ...

The announcement of an escalation in the war came after a particularly deadly week for Palestinians in Gaza. Some of Israel’s allies denounced the move.

For months, Israel has blockaded all supplies trying to reach the 2 million people living in Gaza, causing mass starvation ...

Israel and Hamas have entered the most substantive negotiations in months in Qatar. The talks come amid intense Israeli airstrikes that have killed more than 500 Palestinians in the past five days.

Israel launched "extensive" new ground operations in the Gaza Strip while airstrikes in its new offensive killed at least 103 ...