Iran and Israel exchange airstrikes for third day after nuclear talks called off
The exchange of fire comes as talks on Iran's nuclear program in Oman between the U.S. and Iran were called off.
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The exchange of fire comes as talks on Iran's nuclear program in Oman between the U.S. and Iran were called off.
Sirens sounded in Israel as Iran launched dozens of ballistic missiles in retaliation for Israel's strikes on its nuclear facilities.
U.S. officials have been told Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran, multiple sources told CBS News.
Israel, accused by activists of piracy, says it lawfully seized a Gaza-bound protest ship carrying Greta Thunberg as the crew was planning to breach its naval blockade.
Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip, including one on a school-turned-shelter, as controversy and concern mount over getting humanitarian aid into the enclave.
Edan Alexander, a 20-year-old Israeli American who has been held hostage since October 2023, will be released, Hamas announced Sunday.
The Israeli military backtracked on its account of killing 15 Palestinian medics last month after phone video appeared to contradict its claims.
Indirect negotiations have been unsuccessful for years since Mr. Trump initially withdrew the U.S. from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.
Officials in Hamas-ruled Gaza say the new Israeli assault has killed more than 400 people, as Israel accuses Hamas of refusing to extend the ceasefire.
Hamas released dual U.S.-Israeli national Sagui Dekel-Chen along with two other hostages as the Gaza ceasefire remained on track after a tense week.
In a news conferrence with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump said the U.S. would "take over the Gaza Strip" and "own it."
Only Israel has suggested openness to Trump's plan for the U.S. to move Palestinians out of Gaza and make it a "Riviera of the Middle East."
The first three Israeli hostages were released after the ceasefire officially began. Hours later, Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that Israel's negotiating team had finalized a deal on the release of hostages held in Gaza.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the "toughest" anti-U.S. policy, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president.
Russian state media news agencies reported that Assad and his family were in Moscow and given asylum.
President-elect Donald Trump picked Massad Boulos for senior adviser on Middle Eastern affairs. The Lebanese billionaire is his youngest daughter's father-in-law.
A ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah appeared to be holding several hours after it began.
Cease-fire talks mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt have repeatedly stalled, as have parallel efforts by the U.S. and others to halt the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
From enthusiasm from Israel's leader to thinly veiled anxiety from some of America's oldest European allies, foreign reaction to Trump's election victory is rolling in fast.
Israel's government says a drone was launched toward the prime minister's house, with no casualties.
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar "is an important landmark in the decline of the evil rule of Hamas," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system is described as a way to "strengthen Israel's defenses against ballistic missiles."
Hezbollah said the drone attack was in retaliation for two Israeli strikes in Beirut on Thursday that killed 22 people.
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work to "achieve a world free of nuclear weapons."
