U.S. retaliates after drone attack wounded 3 troops on base in Iraq, Pentagon says
The drone attack was conducted by an Iran-affiliated militant group, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
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The drone attack was conducted by an Iran-affiliated militant group, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
The U.S. conducted strikes on three locations in Iraq targeting Iran-backed militias, who have been launching strikes aimed at U.S. forces in recent weeks. The retaliatory strikes killed at least one and injured more than a dozen others. David Martin reports.
The attack caused no casualties aboard the Japanese-owned vessel which was flying under a Liberian flag and was operated by a Dutch entity, the Pentagon said.
John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, discussed the newly-formed international task force to escort and protect vessels crossing the Red Sea. U.S. officials say Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched drone and rocket attacks targeting ships in the area as a response to Israel's war against Hamas.
Ukraine said on Saturday it downed 74 out of 75 drones Russia launched at it overnight, mostly in the direction of Kyiv.
The drone, which originated from Yemen, was shot down early Wednesday morning by the USS Thomas Hudner as it was headed towards the ship, the Pentagon said.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called the "barbaric" tactics "a symptom of how poorly Russia's military leaders know they're doing."
A police raid in Jalisco on Wednesday uncovered a workshop for making drone-carried bombs in a house built to look like a castle.
A Ukrainian drone unit hitting Russian forces behind the front line gives CBS News an inside look at why the devices are vital, cost effective - and in short supply.
Russian ships under repair were damaged and 24 people wounded in the strike, Moscow said, as it unleashed a salvo of drones on Odesa.
Russia has accused Ukraine of the largest drone attack on Russian soil since the war began. William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, joins CBS News to examine what the move means for the war.
"All of these explosive devices are homemade, based on tutorials that can be found on the internet," Mexico's defense secretary said.
Missile fragments crashed onto the grounds of a children's hospital in Kyiv as explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital.
Shipping ports, now both Ukraine's and Russia's, have been in the line of fire since Moscow pulled out of a deal to allow Ukrainian grain exports.
Ukraine's air defenses say they have downed nearly 15 drones launched on Kyiv overnight in an attack that lasted three hours. Meanwhile, a Russian attack on a southern Ukrainian port yesterday is thought to have destroyed 40,000 tons of grain. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Russia unleashed a drone attack on the Izmail river port, the main route for Ukrainian grain exports with its sea routes blockaded.
Twin Russian missile attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih have killed at least five people and left dozens injured. The strikes came after three drones headed for Moscow were shot down by Russian air defenses, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying that war was "returning" to Russia - without directly referencing the drone attack. Ramy Inocencio has the story.
"Calabria is a civilized region, but it also has some imbeciles who go to set fires in the woods," mocked Calabria's governor.
The MQ-9 drone was flying on a "defeat-ISIS mission" when a Russian aircraft flew "dangerously close" to it, according to the U.S. military.
A senior defense official said Russia's recent increased activity is "qualitatively different" than in the past.
The deadly drone strike was carried out the same day and by a drone that the Defense Department said was being "harassed" by Russia flying over the western part of Syria.
U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones were carrying out an operation against ISIS targets when they were confronted by Russian jets for the second time in less than 24 hours, officials said.
Three MQ-9 drones were conducting a mission against ISIS when they were engaged by three Russian fighter jets, according to the U.S. Air Force.
The Kremlin called it a "terrorist act" and said five drones were shot down.
Salt Lake City kicked off the city's Fourth of July weekend with its drone show instead of a fireworks display on Saturday.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is scheduled to visit Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, Tom Barrack, the U.S. envoy to Syria and U.S. ambassador to Turkey, confirmed.
Rulings by two federal judges eased pressure on SNAP benefits, although President Trump said payments are likely to be delayed.
Prime Minister Mark Carney also told Ontario's Premier Doug Ford not to run the ad.
President Trump's interview with Norah O'Donnell airs Sunday, Nov. 2, on 60 Minutes.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace was flying out of Charleston International Airport on Thursday when the incident occurred.
Jordan Goudreau was arrested last year on weapons smuggling charges tied to the failed coup attempt undertaken during the first Trump administration.
A 38-year-old woman has been charged with complicity in organized theft and criminal conspiracy with a view to committing a crime.
Since the fall of Sudan's El-Fasher, reports have emerged of summary executions, sexual violence and abductions.
Marucs White-Allen, who was arrested after the shooting death of Brayden Lovan, was found dead on Oct. 8.