New Delhi, March 14 -- As protesters gathered at New York's Trump Tower on Thursday in support of detained Palestinian student campaigner Mahmoud Khalil, police said they had arrested nearly 100 people who flocked the Manhattan building.

Protesters gathered at the Trump Tower in Manhattan on behalf of Jewish Voice for Peace, voicing against the Donald Trump administration's arrest of Khalil. They also voiced support for Palestinians in general.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained Khalil over his involvement in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University.

Police said they arrested 98 people on Thursday for crimes including trespassing, news agency AFP reported. The New York Police Department said that 50 ...