Iran war keeps Strait of Hormuz paralyzed and gas prices on the rise
The Iran war could escalate further as President Trump threatens to hit key oil infrastructure if Tehran doesn't drop its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Iran war could escalate further as President Trump threatens to hit key oil infrastructure if Tehran doesn't drop its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump is calling on other nations that depend on oil exported through the vital Strait of Hormuz to help reopen it. The shipping lane, which carries about 20% of the world's oil supply, has been blocked since the war began nearly three weeks ago. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab, Chris Livesay and Erica Brown have the latest.
Israel attacked Tehran overnight as explosions continue across Lebanon against Hezbollah. Meanwhile, Iran and Hezbollah launched one of their most intense rocket and missile strikes across Israel since fighting began. Charlie D'Agata has the latest on the Iran war.
More details are emerging about the suspect in the attack on Temple Israel in Michigan on Thursday. Sources say Lebanese-born U.S. citizen Ayman Mohamad Ghazali lost family members in a recent strike on Lebanon.
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali made two purchases at a Phantom Fireworks store in Livonia, Michigan. He told the store staff the fireworks were for the end of Ramadan.
CBS News has learned that the man who attacked a Michigan synagogue on Thursday purchased $2,000 worth of fireworks days before the incident. CBS News' Anna Schecter has more.
Officials in Lebanon say more than 630 people have been killed during the war with Iran, including 91 children. Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren joins "The Takeout" to explain the relationship between Lebanon and the Iran war.
President Trump's assurances that a rising U.S. death toll and soaring energy prices will be temporary and worth the pain are failing to assuage jittery investors.
Israel has launched waves of airstrikes in retaliation for a barrage of Hezbollah rockets and missiles. Hezbollah is still believed to have thousands of missiles. Charlie D'Agata reports.
President Trump says the U.S. has diminished Iran's military and regime and will continue to expand its targets inside Iran.
President Trump said he must have a role in choosing Iran's next leader and called the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "unacceptable."
The U.S. is "accelerating, not decelerating" war on Iran, Hegseth says, as strikes intensify in the region and reach 1,000 miles away.
CBS News' Matt Gutman, Aaron Navarro and Anthony Salvanto have the latest news as the Iran war spreads and strikes ramp up in the Middle East.
The State Department said it was facilitating charter flights from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the UAE for Americans.
As the U.S. and Israel continue to hit targets inside Iran and Iran retaliates, the Trump administration has ordered U.S. nationals to leave 14 countries. But some Americans have expressed frustration with the government as they try to evacuate. Matt Gutman reports.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine held a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday. Caine said that the U.S. has hit more than 2,000 targets in Iran since the strikes started. Vladimir Duthiers anchored this CBS News Special Report.
U.S. nationals have been urged to leave the Middle East as strikes continue across the region amid the Iran war. Some Americans in the region are struggling to find a way home and blaming the U.S. government for a lack of assistance. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Iran's retaliatory strikes against some of its regional neighbors continued on Tuesday as tensions escalate in the Middle East. CBS News' Olivia Gazis has the latest.
Six key Gulf nations are on the verge of ending their neutrality in the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran, accusing Tehran of "reckless and indiscriminate attacks" on their territories. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran enters its fourth day with the conflict widening as Iran fires drones and missiles at 11 countries in the region and Israel announcing the deployment of ground forces into southern Lebanon. Matt Gutman reports.
Pope Leo XIV returns to the Vatican after his first major trip as pontiff. He left Lebanon where he delivered a prayer and a message of peace, hoping to bring unity to the divided region. Chris Livesay reports.
Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Turkey before heading to Lebanon.
Israel announced a strike in Beirut, Lebanon, against a senior Hezbollah official despite a ceasefire. CBS News' Robert Berger has more.
Smoke could be seen in the busy Haret Hreik neighborhood, with one video that circulated on social media showing dozens of people crowded around the area of the strike.
An airstrike killed 13 people in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh. It was the deadliest Israeli attack reported since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war a year ago.