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Columbia University on Monday began suspending pro-Palestinian activists who refused to dismantle a tent encampment on its New York City campus after the Ivy League school declared a stalemate in talks seeking to end the polarizing protest. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

As students at dozens of campuses from California to New England protest the war on Gaza, Isabelle Friedman who heads UCLA’s independent student newspaper, spoke to Reuters about the challenges of daily student life and providing a balanced news coverage as protests keep flaring up.

Four law enforcement officers were killed and another four were shot and wounded in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a suspect was found dead, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department chief Johnny Jennings said on Monday (April 29).

Thousands of protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Monday (April 29) demanding the release of around 130 hostages still held in Gaza after six months of Israel's war against Hamas.

A bus crash in the Andean mountains of northern Peru killed 25 people and injured 13 more, local authorities said on Monday (April 29).

The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council committee in a report seen by Reuters on Monday (April 29). Angela Johnston reports.

Columbia University's president said on Monday that talks with pro-Palestinian activists over a protest encampment on the Ivy League campus in New York City had reached an impasse and urged demonstrators to voluntarily disperse or face suspension. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

Janos Gyorgy Szeredi commutes from his home in Hungary to his job in Vienna, Austria. As Hungary commemorates 20 years of European Union membership, Szeredi's journey is emblematic of a growing number of young Hungarians who are leaving their homeland for better opportunities within the EU. Kristy Kilburn reports.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday (April 29) that Hamas should swiftly accept an Israeli proposal for a truce in the Gaza war and the release of Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian militant group. Rachel Faber reports.

Spain's Prime Minister said on Monday (April 29) he had decided to stay in office after days of publicly weighing his future, generating relief amongst leftist allies, exasperation among the public and ridicule from his opponents. Olivia Chan has more.

Bangladeshi rickshaw operator Shaheb Ali, 45, has been struggling to strike a balance between finding work and resting from the heat, as the country has baked in a searing heatwave for over a week.

Police moved in to clear dozens of protesters who had set up tents in a courtyard at the Sorbonne University in Paris on Monday to protest against the war in Gaza, students there said.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas to swiftly accept Israel's latest and "extraordinarily generous" proposal for a Gaza truce to secure a release of hostages, at a special meeting of the World Economic Forum held in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday (April 29).

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that vital U.S. weapons were starting to arrive in Ukraine in small amounts butdeliveries needed to be faster as advancing Russian invasion forces were trying to take advantage. Zelenskiy told a joint press conference in Kyiv alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg that the situation on the battlefield directly depended on the speed of ammunition supplies to Ukraine.

Police have said that at least 42 people have died in central Kenya after a dam burst, bringing the death toll in heavy rains and flooding since last month over 140. David Doyle has more.

Palestinians mourned on Monday (April 29) at least 20 people killed in the southern Gazan city of Rafah after Israeli airstrikes targeted three homes in the area, according to to the Gaza-based Ministry of Health. Zuheir Abu Taha, who lost family members in the strike, said some of those killed were displaced from Khan Younis. This video contains graphic images.

The United States has seen "measurable progress" in the humanitarian situation in Gaza over the past few weeks, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday (April 29), but urged Israel to do more.

Pro-Palestinian student protesters were arrested by campus police at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia on Sunday (April 28).

World Central Kitchen (WCK) said it would resume operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday (April 29), a month after seven workers of the U.S.-based charity were killed in an Israeli air strike.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday (April 29) that after a period of reflection about his future he had decided to continue as the country's leader.

At least four people died, including a four-month-old baby, in Oklahoma this weekend, after dozens of twisters swept the U.S. Southern Plains. The White House said on Sunday (April 28), President Joe Biden has pledged federal support for Oklahoma as well as other states hit by severe storms. Diane To reports.

Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production, disrupt water and power and weigh on businesses, but it also takes a toll on students, hampering the Southeast Asian nation's efforts to catch up to its neighbors in education. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

A deadly tornado left a large tyre warehouse torn apart in China's Guangzhou, footage aired on state broadcaster CCTV showed on Monday (April 29).

Oleksandr Taran's mobile artillery unit, comprised of dozens of men mostly over 60 years old, isn't officially part of Ukraine's military, but that hasn't stopped them contributing to the war effort. Sheryl Pena reports.