14m ago U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia urges “extreme caution” in country’s airports The U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia on Monday urged American citizens to exercise “extreme caution” when using all major airports in the country, following a weekend of strikes that killed a total of 13 people. “The U.S. Mission is aware of…
Tel Aviv — With the first Israeli election since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack just three weeks away, the country is grappling with conflicting accounts about whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warnings from regional allies that a massive attack was coming, even if there were no specifics on the timing or location. Netanyahu…
On the very first day of the war, Iran targeted the Navy’s Middle East headquarters in Bahrain — before the U.S. government had evacuated all the military families based there. Some had to wait about a week or more to reach safety, according to multiple families who spoke to CBS News. “You’re definitely scared,” one…
Americans have had to shell out more to fill up their cars in recent months as the war with Iran drives up prices at the pump. But those expenses go far beyond fuel. “The rising cost of car ownership has been the big shocker of the inflation crisis,” Heather Long, a chief economist at Navy…
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to repeal rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action that Administrator Lee Zeldin has said would remove billions of dollars in costs for the industry and help “unleash” American energy. The rule change, proposed last year, could be…
0m ago Iran-backed Houthi group reports over 30 strikes across Yemen Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis reported more than 30 Saudi strikes on several regions on Wednesday, a day after the rebels launched major attacks on their neighbor, injuring dozens of people. There has been no official comment from Saudi Arabia about the Houthi report. Saudi…
The Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 cargo plane that crashed off a Miami runway on Sunday, killing five people, was operated by a North Carolina company that has been accused by past employees of violating safety regulations, legal documents reveal. The cargo airline hired by Amazon, 21 Air, is controlled by Houston Astros owner Jim…
Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier is an emblem of the intricate economic relationship between the U.S. and its northern neighbor, and a prime example of how the countries’ escalating trade feud can ensnare employers with thousands of workers on both sides of the border. On Truth Social, Mr. Trump threatened on Monday to block the Montreal-based…
One of the pilots of an Amazon cargo plane that overshot a Miami runway and killed five people was shaking and in distress after emerging from the plane’s cockpit, a witness told CBS News. Abraham Altamar said the fiery crash at Miami International Airport was “surreal” and “scary” to witness. Altamar, who had been working…
0m ago Tehran says it will announce new Strait of Hormuz “exclusion zone” The new head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said Tehran plans to announce an “exclusion zone” outside the Strait of Hormuz aimed at vessels it believes are attempting to transit the waterway. Mohsen Rezaei’s comments to Iran’s state broadcaster came…
