A long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza began after a three-hour delay as Hamas named the three female hostages it plans to free ...

Hundreds of people marched from Portland's Monument Square to City Hall, calling for equal rights Saturday as a part of the ...

On Thursday, dozens of people took part in funeral prayers outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah for people killed in Israeli strikes the day before. In the ...

It was wise of the University of Maine System administration to refuse ... Will Jewish students be refused admission? Just as the City of Portland’s City Council vote to divest could be the ...

Rabbi Moshe Wilansky soared above Portland’s City Hall Plaza Wednesday evening ... director of Chabad of Maine, led the more than 100 gathered in prayer as he sparked the wicks a few minutes ...

The UN has said that people in Gaza are “effectively starving.” Before the war, the territory was “largely self-sufficient” ...

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza came into effect on Sunday morning. Hostages held in the strip and Palestinian ...

Qatar, which mediated the agreement, said the cease-fire deal was set to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.

The Gaza Strip ceasefire should begin on Sunday as planned, despite the need for negotiators to tie up a "loose end" at the ...

striking in a suburb of Gaza City, medics said, and told residents in a central part of the enclave to evacuate from an area where militants were firing rockets. Air strikes in Shejaia ...