White House state dinner celebrates Australia ties, nods to Israel-Hamas war
The Bidens are celebrating close ally Australia with a state dinner, but changed the entertainment in acknowledgment of death and suffering in Middle East.
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The Bidens are celebrating close ally Australia with a state dinner, but changed the entertainment in acknowledgment of death and suffering in Middle East.
Two more hostages taken by Hamas during the deadly Oct. 7 attack, identified by Israeli officials as Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, have been released.
Deadly, ongoing Israeli airstrikes are fueling anger across the region and fear for 222 Hamas hostages in Gaza as the U.S. tries to delay an invasion.
The Hamas militant group's coordinated terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7 was the deadliest assault in the region in decades, and prompted Israel to declare war.
However, no U.S. citizens or other foreign nationals who have been stranded in Gaza since the war began were allowed to cross into Egypt.
No humanitarian aid yet, but more Israeli airstrikes in Gaza as anger spreads across the region over a hospital blast the U.S. and Israel blame on Palestinian militants.
President Biden is traveling to Israel to show support for a key U.S. ally as Israel and Hamas trade accusations over a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital.
More than 1,200 people have been killed in Israel, including 27 Americans, and over 1,500 have been killed in Gaza, according to officials.
The death toll from Hamas' surprise attack on Israel stands at 900, while Palestinian officials say retaliatory strikes on Gaza have killed over 700.
Israel says it's "taking more time" than expected to fend off an unprecedented attack by Hamas, as it locks down Gaza and more rockets fly from the Palestinian enclave.
Defense Secretary Austin said Sunday that he has ordered American military ships to move closer to Israel after Hamas' unprecedented attack.
Delta, United and American airlines have all temporarily suspended flights to and from the Ben Gurion International Airport.
Israel's national emergency services agency says at least 1,500 more have been wounded in the Hamas military incursion.
The tech billionaire says he denied an "urgent" request from Ukraine to extend Starlink satellite coverage, to avoid complicity in a "major act of war."
Wagner forces had been moving north toward Moscow, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Saturday.
Thousands of people are being evacuated as water continues to cascade from the dam.
President Biden went to Arlington National Cemetery to laud the sacrifice of generations of U.S. troops who died fighting for their country.
The Kremlin present no evidence of the alleged "terrorist act," but said Putin was safe and working, with his schedule unchanged.
The Journal "vehemently denies" the claim that Evan Gershkovich "was collecting classified information" about Russia's "military industrial complex" for the U.S.
After the U.S. conducted retaliatory "precision airstrikes" on facilities used by Iran-linked groups, there were a series of new attacks on U.S. bases Friday.
The camera view is lost briefly after the apparent collision but it comes back to show what the Air Force said was damage to the propeller from the strike.
"We endured," President Zelenksyy told his nation. "And we will do everything to gain victory this year."
"Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia — never," the president told a crowd of 30,000 in Warsaw.
On a surprise visit, Mr. Biden vowed to "reaffirm our unwavering and unflagging commitment to Ukraine's democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity."
A popular after-school program in Compton after a violent turf war between two rival gangs spilled onto its doorstep. Joy Benedict reports.
