On the ground in Tehran in the wake of the Israel-Iran ceasefire
It took a CBS News crew more than 14 hours to drive south from Turkey to Tehran, a nearly 600-mile trip made longer by checkpoints and bad roads.
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Trump says U.S. will meet with Iran next week
President Trump spoke to reporters at the NATO summit in the Netherlands amid the tenuous Iran-Israel ceasefire.
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U.S. Marine convicted of sexual assault by Japanese court, gets 7 years
A Japanese court found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Okinawa, which has a heavy American troop presence.
Trump's strikes on Iran set back nuclear program by months, initial intel assessment finds
Trump says U.S. strikes "obliterated" key Iranian nuclear sites, setting the program back decades, but sources say an early intel assessment says Iran could rebuild some of its capabilities in months.
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Most would see an Iranian nuclear weapon as a serious threat but also voice concern about a wider war.
One U.S. intel report assessed Iran would need 3 to 8 months to make nuclear weapon
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U.N. agency calls U.S.-backed Gaza aid effort "a death trap"
Gazans caught up in violence seeking food, and the U.N. agency tasked with helping them, say a U.S. and Israeli-backed aid effort is "costing more lives than it saves."
Bears escape enclosure, eat a week's worth of honey, then fall asleep
Mish and Lucy got out of their enclosure and made a beeline for their food store where they scoffed snacks, including a seven-day supply of honey.
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Jesus Sarmiento, who had nearly 80,000 followers on TikTok, was murdered by armed men who broke into the residence where he was staying.
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