Beijing braces for economic impact as Iran war threatens Chinese oil

China is the largest importer of energy in the world, and the disruption to oil imports caused by the conflict could be a potential Achilles' heel for Beijing.

• Mar 3

Amazon says drones hit 3 of its Middle East data centers

Drones struck two facilities in the United Arab Emirates directly, and damaged a data center in Bahrain, Amazon said.

• Mar 3

Stocks set to slide as investors focus on the Iran war's impact on oil

Airline stocks were among Monday's biggest losers, and their declines are poised to continue on Tuesday, data shows.

• Mar 3

Americans urged to leave 14 Middle East countries amid Iran war

The State Department said it was facilitating charter flights from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the UAE for Americans.

• Mar 4

Crocodile found near family's home — 1,200 miles from its habitat

Authorities were initially skeptical of the reported find but had caught the elusive reptile by Sunday night.

• Mar 3

Powerful cartel boss "El Mencho" is buried in golden casket in Mexico

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes' killing set off retaliatory violence by the cartel, killing more than 70 people.

• Mar 3

Trump defends war with Iran as conflict widens

Israel sent troops into Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widened, and some of Iran's Gulf neighbors warned that Iran's retaliatory fire could draw them into the spreading conflict.

• Mar 4

Why is the U.S. attacking Iran? Here's what Trump has said.

President Trump on Monday listed four reasons why the U.S. launched its attack on Iran, initiating what he said he expects to be a weeks-long war.

• Mar 6

Military questioned use of makeshift office space where U.S. troops were killed

The first American service members to die in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran were killed in an apparent Iranian drone attack on a makeshift office space in Kuwait, sources told CBS News.

• Mar 3

Satellite images show Iranian sites before and after airstrikes

The satellite images show damage to sites including the Choqa Balk-e drone facility and former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound​.

• Mar 2

Prolonged Strait of Hormuz closure would cause oil prices to surge, experts warn

Plunging oil shipments transiting the Strait of Hormuz have sent global energy prices soaring to their highest level in years.

• Mar 20

Insurgents raid village in South Sudan, killing at least 169 people

Women and children were among the dead, in addition to dozens of combatants, officials said.

• Mar 2

Travel chaos intensifies with airports closed, flights canceled amid Iran war

Air travel chaos intensified as the war with Iran stretched into a third day — keeping airspace and airports in the Middle East closed and leaving travelers stranded.

• Mar 2

Trump says strikes were "last best chance" to take out Iran threat

President Trump said he expects the bombing campaign to last four to five weeks, but "we have [the] capability to go far longer than that."

• Mar 2

Melania Trump presides over U.N. Security Council meeting

The White House announced first lady Melania Trump would preside over the meeting last week before the U.S. and Israel launched a joint U.S.-Israeli military mission in Iran.

• Mar 2

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