The United States has intensified its strikes targeting Iran, hitting targets further north. American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the

By Enas Alashray, Tala Ramadan and Yomna Ehab CAIRO/DUBAI, July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. launched two waves of attacks on Iran's coastal defenses and missile sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval

UAE says 2 tankers hit by Iran cruise missiles; 1 killed Early Tuesday morning, the UAE's Ministry of Defence said that the national tankers Mombasa and Al Bahiyah were targeted by two Iranian cruise missiles in the southern passage of the Strait of Hormuz in Omani territorial waters.

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More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in U.S. aid from Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians.

More than 100 Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to slash U.S. aid to Israel, spotlighting a deepening public divide within the party that could reverberate at the ballot box in the midterm elections.

The symbolic vote showed how far Democratic politics on Israel have shifted, as progressive candidates turn anger over Gaza and U.S. military aid into a campaign issue.

The amendment to block military assistance failed, but partisan split cemented the increasingly polarized view of the U.S. ally.

The second semifinal of the World Cup will be held in Atlanta, with the match kicking off at 3 p.m. ET. • Messi’s debut vs. England: In all of his 205 games for Argentina, this is the first time Lionel Messi has ever faced the Three Lions.

Poppy Miller, lead host for CBS Sports Golazo, previews the World Cup match between England and Argentina and breaks down Spain's win over France.

The Argentines, down 1-0 in the 85th minute, will defend their title against Spain on Sunday after their 2-1 victory over the stunned Three Lions.

Argentina pulled off another stunning comeback to reach the World Cup final, scoring two goals in seven minutes to secure a 2-1 win over rival England. Enzo Fernandez’s long-range strike equalized in the 85th minute for the defending champions with an assist from Lionel Messi.

President Donald Trump said Iran released an American woman who he said had been wrongfully detained since December 2024. The woman was later identified as Dena Karari.

Human rights lawyer Jared Genser announced on social media that his client was free and headed back to the United States.

Jared Genser, a lawyer who has been involved with high-profile cases of U.S. citizens detained in Iran, named the released citizen as his client, Dena Karari.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that Iran has freed a U.S. citizen detained in the country since 2024 as a "gesture of goodwill."

Russian missiles struck Kyiv early Thursday, with loud explosions heard in the Ukrainian capital just hours before British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to arrive for a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russia's ⁠defence ⁠ministry said on ⁠Thursday it hit military and industrial ​facilities in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, as ‌well as infrastructure at ‌ports in Odesa and Pivdennyi and ⁠a ⁠maritime vessel.

It was the first time in almost two weeks that Ukraine said it had downed Russian ballistic missiles, which are harder to stop than drones or cruise missiles and have pummeled the country in Moscow's 4-year-old full-scale invasion.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on Telegram, said two people had died and six others, including a 16-year-old teenager, had been injured in the attacks.

Lebanon and Israel concluded ⁠U.S.-brokered ⁠talks in Rome on Wednesday, with ⁠a U.S. official saying they had made progress on implementing ​a plan that could see Israeli forces begin to withdraw from some parts of southern ‌Lebanon within days.

A US official said the two sides made progress on a plan for Israel to withdraw from ‘pilot zones’ in southern Lebanon.

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Lebanon and Israel resumed talks on Tuesday ⁠in ⁠the Italian capital, with Beirut hoping for progress towards ⁠securing an Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon under a U.S.-brokered deal, although expectations for swift progress were low.