Edan Alexander lands in U.S. for first time since being held by Hamas for 19 months – CBS News Watch CBS News Edan Alexander, the Israeli-American who was taken hostage during Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and held for nearly 600 days, has arrived back in the United States. Be the first to…
Israel’s strikes against Iran have killed a number of its top nuclear scientists and battered its nuclear facilities, but complete destruction of Iran’s ability to make weapons-grade uranium is believed to be out of reach — unless the U.S. agrees to help. At least one key uranium enrichment site, Fordo, has so far been unscathed….
(Bloomberg) — Equity futures fell as growing speculation that the US will directly support Israel in its war against Iran fueled geopolitical uncertainty and concerns about the inflationary impact of higher crude prices. Most Read from Bloomberg S&P 500 contracts retreated 0.9% on a day when cash trading in US stocks and Treasuries is closed…
Hongkongers should avoid visiting Iran and Israel because of the “highly unpredictable security situation” in the two warring countries, authorities have warned, raising their outbound travel alert to its highest level. A Security Bureau spokesman said on Thursday that it had upgraded the alert for Israel and Iran to “black”, meaning there was a “severe…
By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish DUBAI/CALGARY, Canada (Reuters) -U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi have spoken by phone several times since Israel began its strikes on Iran last week, in a bid to find a diplomatic end to the crisis, three diplomats told Reuters. According to the diplomats, who…
Smoke blankets the sky above Tehran, Iran, following explosions in the capital after the Israeli army hit Iranian targets, on June 18, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Crude oil futures rose more than 1% on Thursday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s military to intensify attacks against Iran. U.S. crude oil was…
Hongkongers should avoid visiting Iran and Israel because of the “highly unpredictable security situation” in the two warring countries, authorities have warned, raising their outbound travel alert to its highest level. A Security Bureau spokesman said on Thursday that it had upgraded the alert for Israel and Iran to “black”, meaning there was “severe threat”…
As United States President Donald Trump made an early exit from the Group of Seven summit in Canada on Tuesday, he told reporters he believed Iran was “very close” to building nuclear weapons. This contradicted US intelligence reports. On March 25, Trump’s director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, unambiguously told members of the US Congress that…
2025-06-19T12:45:34+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the need to halt the military escalation between Iran and Israel, during a phone call on Thursday. Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian president, said both leaders agreed to instruct their respective agencies to…
By Barney Henderson is Newsweek’s Content Editor, based in London, U.K. Barney joined Newsweek from The Times of London, and previously worked for The Daily Telegraph of London for 13 years, and The Hindustan Times in Mumbai, India. He is a graduate of both King’s College, London, with an MA in Terrorism, Security & Society,…