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Trump takes aim at longtime ally Oman as Strait of Hormuz remains gridlocked – CBS News Watch CBS News With no deal in sight to end the conflict in Iran or reopen the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices are up once again. Charlie D’Agata reports.
Rome β A 30-year-old American tourist died Sunday after being struck by lightning on Italy’sΒ Mount Etna, according to Italy’s national news agency ANSA and other major news outlets.Β The man, whose name has not been confirmed by authorities, was hiking on the volcano when a powerful thunderstorm moved across the area. According to initial reports…
Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, praised the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln after he visited the aircraft carrier on Saturday. In a statement shared on social media, Cooper said his time aboard the Lincoln was “awe-inspiring.” “I wish every American could see the crew in action,” he said. “You would…
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator on Middle East affairs, met with Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday to discuss the latest U.S.-backed peace deal that seeks the group’s disarmament and a road map for the transfer of power to a new government, according to a source with knowledge of the meeting. The meeting…
Four paintings of “extraordinary value” which date back to the Renaissance have been stolen from a museum late Saturday in Sicily, Italy. Three panels of the San Gregorio Polyptych and a double-sided panel of The Madonna and Child, all attributed to Antonello da Messina dating back to the 15th century, were stolen from the Regional…
Mykhailo Fedorov, the former Ukrainian defense minister who is widely credited as the architect of the country’s modern war-fighting strategy, told CBS News in an exclusive interview that he believes Ukraine is in a “technological war” with Russia. “We need to defeat Russia in every technological cycle, and we have to make decisions 24/7,” the…
July was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since start of Russia’s war, U.N. says – CBS News Watch CBS News Aug. 15 marks one year since President Trump’s high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, where the two discussed the war in Ukraine. Sam Vinograd reports.
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, collapsing buildings and homes, killing at least 20 people and causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes. Authorities issued a tsunami warning and urged coastal residents to move to higher ground, but later lifted the warning when Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology…
A Russian tanker carrying millions of gallons of oil has run aground off the coast of Oman β and now risks breaking apart, potentially causing an environmental disaster on the scale of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. The Caroline Bezengi, which has been linked to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet to move sanctioned oil around the…
Β 6m ago Saudi Arabia condemns Iranian attacks on UAE tankers in Strait of Hormuz Saudi Arabia condemned on Friday attacks on two tankers belonging to the state oil company of the United Arab Emirates, accusing Iran of being the perpetrator. In a statement on X, the kingdom’s foreign affairs ministry stressed “Saudi Arabia’s strongest…