U.N. court ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and a Hamas leader
The leaders are accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes over the war in Gaza and the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
Crisis in the Middle East
Will Israel annex the occupied West Bank after Trump takes office?
A senior Israeli official has said openly that the West Bank should become part of Israel, not a future Palestine. Could it happen under Trump?
Family of U.S. activist killed in West Bank still demanding answers
The sister of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, an American activist killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, says her idealistic vision of the U.S. has been shattered.
Palestinians' hopes and fears as Trump heads back to the White House
Gazans say they'd welcome Trump making good on his vow to end the war, but not "at the expense of the Palestinian people."
Hezbollah spokesman killed in Israeli airstrike in Beirut, official says
The Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence in central Beirut, known as the Dahiyeh, and the strikes came as Lebanese officials are considering a U.S.-brokered cease-fire proposal.
U.S. to keep arming Israel as U.N. calls Gaza "unfit for human survival"
The Biden administration says "some progress" by Israel to address civilian suffering in Gaza is enough to keep American weapons flowing.
Israel faces U.S. deadline to dramatically increase flow of aid to Gaza
The White House gave Israel 30 days to hugely increase the amount of humanitarian aid getting into Gaza. That deadline is approaching fast.
Israeli president to meet with Biden at White House this week
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.
Israel strikes killed dozens in Lebanon and northern Gaza, officials say
The military says it only targets militants, whom it accuses of hiding among civilians in homes and shelters.
Qatar decides to suspend mediation efforts in Gaza, officials say
Israel's new offensive has focused on Jabaliya, a densely populated refugee camp where Israel says Hamas had regrouped.
Israel expands assault in north Gaza, says civilians can't come back
Israeli ground forces have "started to operate" around a northern Gaza town, expanding an anti-Hamas offensive that will apparently see residents kept out indefinitely.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fires his defense minister
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Yoav Gallant have repeatedly been at odds over the war in Gaza.
Fleeing civilians say Israeli siege and strikes killing dozens in Gaza
"There is no food or drink," one north Gaza resident fleeing from Israel's devastating offensive said. "Hunger has killed us."
Israel says it carried out ground raid in Syria
The Israeli military says it has carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks.
Iranian-American journalist held in Iran, U.S. says
Reza Valizadeh had worked for Radio Farda, an outlet under Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that's overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
Iran's supreme leader threatens U.S., Israel with "a crushing response"
Any further attacks from either side could engulf the wider Middle East, already teetering over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon, into a wider regional conflict.
Rockets from Lebanon kill 7 in Israel, Israeli strike kills 5 in Syria
Israel's wars with Iran's allies in Lebanon and Gaza grind on as top U.S. envoys visit the region to push for cease-fires.
Israel's potential ban on Palestinian aid agency UNRWA raises concerns
UNRWA "really plays an irreplaceable role right now in Gaza, where they are on the front lines getting humanitarian assistance to the people that need it," U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said.
Israeli strike in northern Gaza kills dozens, officials there say
An Israeli strike on a five-story building where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 60 people, Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry said.
Egypt proposes 2-day cease-fire in Gaza
Egypt's proposal comes as Israel's spy chief travels to Doha for talks with CIA Director William Burns and the Qatari prime minister.
Truck slammed into bus stop near Tel Aviv killing 1, injuring dozens
The circumstances of the crash remain unknown; however, Asi Aharoni, an Israeli police spokesperson, told reporters that authorities are treating it as a terror attack.
Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at Iranian military bases
There were no Israeli strikes on Iran's oil industry, nor its nuclear enrichment sites or its nuclear power plant at Bushehr.
Israel and Iran urged to use restraint by world leaders after strikes
The strikes risk pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed by Iran are already at war with Israel.
Israel targeted military sites in long-awaited counterstrike on Iran
In a statement, Israel Defense Forces said that "in response to months of continuous attacks," it conducted "precise strikes on military targets in Iran."
Israel accused of killing journalists in Lebanon, kids at Gaza hospital
Israel says it's targeting Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, but health officials in both places say the civilian death toll is climbing.
World
Erin strengthens into hurricane, the first of 2025 Atlantic season
Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.
31 newly found shipwrecks may include steamer destroyed in WWII
Divers and remotely operated vehicles discovered a wide array of vessels in Lake Constance — from century-old paddle steamers to a fully intact cargo sailing ship.
Russian troops make gains in Ukraine ahead of the Putin-Trump summit
Days before the summit between leaders of Russia and the U.S. in Alaska, Moscow's forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of infiltrations in the country's industrial heartland of Donetsk.
Hiker found dead after bear drags him from trail into forest
A torn, bloodied shirt was found, local news media said, quoting police. A wallet, hat and watch were also located.
How to watch the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska today
CBS News will have live coverage as President Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a rare meeting Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.
Murder case filings include AI-generated quotes, nonexistent judgments
The blunder in the Supreme Court of Victoria state is another in a litany of mishaps AI has caused in justice systems around the world.
Tennessee car crash leads to $10 million bounty for accused cartel leader
A car accident, a series of secret wiretaps, a shootout with police and a drug bust eventually led federal investigators back to cartel leaders in Mexico.
What Ukraine and Russia want from the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska
President Trump visits Alaska Friday for what the White House has called a "listening exercise" with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
Talks on landmark plastic pollution treaty end without an agreement
Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement during talks that extended into Friday in Geneva.