A stampede outside an aid distribution center in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people who were waiting for food on Wednesday, according to Palestinian and aid officials, the latest in a string of deadly episodes around sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The deaths bring the number of people killed while trying … Read more
Mike Waltz questioned about Signal chat scandal during confirmation hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News Mike Waltz, the nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is testifying at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Waltz was asked about sharing classified information in a Signal group chat while he was the national security adviser … Read more
Watch: Mike Waltz questioned about Signal chat fallout at Senate confirmation hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware questioned Mike Waltz on his use of the messaging app Signal while he was President Trump’s national security adviser. Waltz, who is appearing for his Senate confirmation hearing to be the next … Read more
Washington — President Trump’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, is set to testify Tuesday at his Senate confirmation hearing, the first time he’ll publicly face questions from lawmakers about his role in a Signal chat in which top administration officials inadvertently disclosed sensitive details about a military strike in Yemen. … Read more
Two American aid workers with the U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were injured in southern Gaza in an attack at a food distribution site on Saturday. The organization claimed the attack was carried out by Hamas but did not provide further evidence. The GHF said assailants threw grenades at a distribution site in Khan … Read more
It appeared on Wednesday that President Trump likely still has some deal-making to do before he can claim to have brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to end the devastating war in Gaza. Mr. Trump said in a Tuesday evening social media post that Israel had “agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize” a … Read more
Paris — Almost three quarters of the globe’s cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN’s cultural agency said on Tuesday. As a result of rising temperatures, extreme weather events including hurricanes, droughts, floods and heatwaves have become more frequent and intense, scientists warn. Seventy-three percent of … Read more
Johannesburg — Every four years, representatives to the global alliance of governments, pharmaceutical makers, United Nations agencies and philanthropic organizations known as Gavi, which helps get vaccines to people who need them, meet to lock in new funding pledges. Just as this year’s meeting in Brussels was drawing to a close on Wednesday, U.S. Health Secretary … Read more
Cautious optimism in streets of Tehran amid delicate ceasefire with Israel – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump left the NATO summit on Wednesday after touting the ceasefire between Israel and Iran. There is cautious optimism in Iran that the ceasefire will hold. CBS News’ Imtiaz Tyab reports from Tehran. Be the first to … Read more
Iranian foreign minister calls Israeli strikes a “betrayal of diplomacy” in U.N. council – CBS News Watch CBS News Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called Israel’s strikes against Iran’s nuclear sites a “betrayal of diplomacy” in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday. The comments come before Araghchi is expected … Read more