Houthis launch new attack on Saudi capital as Trump mulls strikes
Iran's Houthi allies launch a new attack on Saudi Arabia and promise more to come as Trump considers U.S. action on the new front line in the wider Mideast war.
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Saudis launch new strikes on Iran-backed Houthis
As President Trump mulls joining Saudi Arabia in attacking the Houthis, the Iran-backed group threatened a "painful" response.
Iran focused on attacking "harder targets," U.K. spy chief warns
Iran has made a "major shift" in its efforts to attack the United Kingdom, including going after harder targets such as military bases, the head of MI5 warned.
Houthi attacks leave Trump with "a difficult dilemma"
President Trump has so far declined to get the U.S. military embroiled in Yemen's civil war, but Iran's Houthi allies may force his hand.
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Iran calls U.S. response "insufficient" amid stalled talks to end the war
After Saudi Arabia said Iran's Houthi allies carried out another strike at Riyadh's airport, Iran called the U.S. effort to negotiate toward ending the war "insufficient."
At least 12 killed, more than 300 hurt in strike on Saudi airport, officials say
At least 12 people, including one American, were killed and 309 others injured in a strike Saturday on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport.
Trump promises not to resume Iran strikes before midterm elections
Crude oil prices had shot up on Thursday after reports President Trump was considering more strikes. They immediately dropped again after his new announcement.
Newly obtained footage shows Iran attack on major U.S. post in Kuwait
CBS News obtained new video from a person on the ground showing an Iranian attack on a U.S. base at the beginning of the war.
Iran's Houthi allies deny losing ground as Mideast crisis engulfs Yemen
Iran's Houthi allies deny that they've lost ground to Yemen's Saudi-backed military, as oil prices ease despite the Middle East crisis erupting in a battle over control of another key waterway.
Senior Trump administration officials met to discuss Iran war at Camp David
Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were among the officials who met on Friday to discuss a path forward.
Trump says Iran "ready to fold up"
Trump said he doesn't believe "you could ever have peace" with Iran, and renewed his threat to resume U.S. attacks after the midterms.
U.K. leader says Iran believed to have "played a part" in air base incident
Prime Minister Andy Burnham says U.K. authorities believe Iran "played a part" in the incident over the weekend at an air base used by the U.S. to launch strikes on Iran.
Iran says it expects response to ceasefire plan already rejected by Trump
President Trump says U.S. and Iranian negotiators are talking via mediators, but insists he has "offered them NOTHING" to get a peace deal done.
Trump expects talks with Iran to resume this week after rejecting proposal
Iran had presented a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and return to negotiations for a lasting end to the war.
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Israel's embattled leader lashed out at New York's mayor in a heated U.N. address, but a veteran analyst says his real targets were Israeli voters and President Trump.
Oil prices back up as U.S. and Iran trade threats to expand 7-month war
As Iran responds to Trump's threat of annihilation with its own warning of a possible "new front" in the war, global oil prices are rising again.
Commander rejected plans to rebase before deadly drone strike, sources say
Sources tell CBS News that despite warnings about the vulnerability of the outpost in Kuwait, a commander opted not to rebase farther from Iran.
Iran's president in N.Y. as Trump weighs cutting deal or driving Iran "into hell"
President Trump told the U.N. he's deciding whether to make a deal or drive Iran "into hell." Iran's president is slated to address the world body today, Iranian state media say.
In U.N. speech, Trump threatens to "annihilate" Iran and defends foreign policy
President Trump said he could "annihilate" Iran while predicting that Tehran would make a deal to end the war after the U.S. midterm elections.
U.N. experts say U.S. may have committed war crimes with 2 Iran strikes
U.N.-commissioned rights experts say there are "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed war crimes with strikes that killed scores of Iranian civilians.
Iran's early attacks on Bahrain caught Navy families and sailors by surprise
The scale and duration of Iran's response appeared to take the U.S. goverenment by surprise, three sources who were in Bahrain at the time told CBS News, in part because families hadn't yet been required to evacuate.
U.S. embassies across Middle East issue security alerts for Americans
The alerts did not cite a specific threat, but called for Americans to "exercise heightened vigilance."
Iran downed at least 2 American drones in recent days, U.S. officials say
Iranian forces in recent days have brought down at least two American MQ-1 unmanned aircraft, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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