Police have said at least 80 people were taken into custody after they occupied part of Columbia University's main library in ...

The university, which was the epicentre of student protests against the war in Gaza last spring, has asked for police help to secure the building.

New York police intervened after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the university’s main library Wednesday evening.

A second Columbia University student who participated in campus protests against the war in Gaza has been arrested and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his attorneys say.