Trump presses Israel on Gaza aid and gives Putin 10-12 Days to end war in Ukraine. Catch up in your Monday Evening Brief for July 28, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV used his audience on Sunday, July 27, to make an appeal for peace. Specifically, the pontiff mentioned the conflicts between Thailand and Cambodia, as well as Gaza. "I am following with deep concern the extremely grave humanitarian situation in Gaza,

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and

With Gaza's population of more than two million facing famine and malnutrition, Israel bowed to international pressure at the weekend and announced a daily "tactical pause" in fighting in some areas.

Leo emphasized ‘the very grave humanitarian situation in Gaza, where the civilian population is crushed by hunger and remains exposed to violence and death.’

Food cannot flow quickly enough to Gaza right now. The World Food Program, led by its American executive director, Cindy McCain, said last week that one-third of Gaza’s population had not eaten for multiple days in a row. Small children are dying of starvation in numbers that are rising rapidly.

On the Greek island of Rhodes, scuffles occurred between riot police and demonstrators protesting against the Gaza war during the docking of an Israeli cruise ship. Despite minor clashes, passengers disembarked without incident.

President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the war in Gaza where a "nightmare of historic proportions" is unfolding.

The World Food Program in a statement Sunday condemned the violence that erupted in northern Gaza as Palestinians tried to reach a convoy of trucks carrying food.