War

Israel has launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says are “only the beginning” and “a necessary condition for freeing hostages.”

Senior officials from Ukraine and the United States have opened talks focused on ending Moscow’s three-year war against Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says last week's Oval Office blowup with US counterpart President Donald Trump was “regrettable,” and he adds, “It is time to make things right.”

Thousands of Ukrainians live in Oregon. Some had strong reactions to the tense exchange, including Tatiana Terdal, the president of the Portland-Lviv Friendship City Association.

Israeli and Hamas officials say they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners

A Hamas official says Israel’s delay in the release of some 600 Palestinian prisoners is a “serious violation” of the ceasefire agreement and talks on a second phase of the accord are not possible until they are returned

Prosecutors were unaware how Portland police officers handle protest footage and how city attorneys store it. Defense attorneys nonetheless say prosecutors failed to provide it in time.

A shortage of infantry troops and supply routes under Russian drone attacks have dealt a blow to Ukrainian forces around the strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk

More than 60 people were arrested last April for blocking traffic to protest the war in Gaza. Many of them took diversion deals, but others chose to go to trial, in solidarity with members they claim were singled out for harsher punishments.

After more than 15 months of relentless Israeli bombardment, Gaza has been left in ruins. If last week's ceasefire holds, rebuilding could take decades, cost tens of billions of dollars and present overwhelming obstacles.