The Trump administration urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to allow immigration authorities to continue to detain students at Tufts University and Columbia University who were arrested after engaging in pro-Palestinian advocacy on campus.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student who had been detained by immigration authorities when he went to his U.S. citizenship interview, was released after a judge's order. He spoke to Lilia Luciano in his first TV interview since his release.

President Trump answered a question about starvation in Israeli-occupied Gaza during an Oval Office event on Monday: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We’re going to help the people of Gaza get some food. People are starving,

U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan pose for a family photo during the annual NATO heads of government summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Pool WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.

President Donald Trump said that he had spoken with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and that his counterpart would visit Washington in the future.

By Steve Holland, Jarrett Renshaw and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) -President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the U.S. will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, saying that the Iran-aligned group had agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East.

Trump said the Houthis had "capitulated but, more importantly, we will take their word that they say they will not be blowing up ships anymore. And that's what the purpose of what

"They have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word," Trump said of Yemen's Houthi militants.