A meeting began Monday evening at the White House between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the second meeting in two months.

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US trade war with trading partners will bear fruit in the United States, but that "it will not be easy," calling for "perseverance," following a Chinese response and a significant decline in global financial markets.

Warnings of a wider regional storm are mounting over US strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, as Trump faces angry backlash from his supporters over his decision to launch massive airstrikes against the Houthis.

The US airstrikes in Yemen, announced by Trump to target the Houthis, have been the subject of controversy and disagreement in the American press since the attacks began last Saturday. While some views have downplayed their effectiveness, others have viewed them as having strategic importance.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that "no Palestinian will be expelled from the Gaza Strip," a marked reversal from his previous statements in which he called for the deportation of Gazans to neighboring Arab countries in order to build a "Middle Eastern Riviera" in the enclave, which was devastated by Israel's war of extermination.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the arrest of Palestinian graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University in New York, would be followed by other arrests.