Search underway for woman who jumped from cruise ship near Bahamas

A group called Brown Alumni for Palestine said in a news release Sunday that it led the disruption at the ceremony, where Paxson and the Brown Corporation were conferring diplomas to the graduating class.

Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza on Sunday that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months. There were no immediate reports of casualties in what appeared to be the first long-range rocket attack from Gaza since January.

Scuffles between Israeli police and protesters erupted in Tel Aviv on Saturday after thousands gathered to demonstrate against the government and demand that it bring back the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.

Nearly a month after counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, police have made their first arrest.

A bomb attached to a car exploded early Saturday in the western part of the Syrian capital that is home to several diplomatic missions.

The decision Friday by the International Court of Justice adds to the pressure facing Israel, coming days after Norway, Ireland and Spain said they would recognize a Palestinian state.

The United Nations’ top court ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but stopped short of ordering a cease-fire for the enclave.