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What caused Gaza hospital explosion? FIU forensic scientist explains need for credible investigationThe Conversation spoke with Stefan Schmitt, a forensic scientist at Florida International University who has investigated war crimes and mass grave sites in multiple conflicts, to better understand what is involved with investigating an explosion site like the one outside the Gaza hospital.
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The “Israel at War: A Town Hall Meeting” begins via Zoom at noon Thursday and ends at 1 p.m., according to the Greater Jewish Federation, which organized the event.
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With Jewish and Muslim groups reporting an increase of hateful rhetoric in the wake of the war in the Middle East, top federal law enforcement officials in South Florida said they are on alert for possible hate crimes and potential threats.
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DeSantis’ comments are a striking departure from the public stand taken by U.S. officials, including some of his fellow Republicans, who draw distinctions between the aims of the Palestinian people and those of Hamas.
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As tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against the intensifying Israeli bombardment of Gaza, several pro−Palestinian groups in South Florida held rallies and spoke out about the plight of Palestinians caught in the conflict.
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The Biden administration is proposing that the U.S. census and federal surveys change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African."
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Its water level is dropping. Big sinkholes are swallowing up whole tracts of land around it. Here is why a disaster is unfolding at the Middle East's iconic salt lake.
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A recent visit to Afghanistan showed a country facing an economic crisis. The banking system has seized up. Credit cards aren't working. Afghans abroad struggle to send money to relatives back home.
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President Biden said "I always bring up human rights" on foreign trips, but stopped short of saying he would raise the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he meets Saudi leaders.
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People with Middle Eastern or North African roots must be counted as white in the federal government's data. But a study finds many do not see themselves as white, and neither do many white people.
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After six months of Taliban rule, many Afghans say they fear for their economic future of lack of personal freedoms.
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It was the deadliest violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank in weeks and came in the wake of this year's 11-day war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.