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As air and missile attacks from both sides continue, Israel says it has killed two of Iran’s senior leaders, including Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.
Some U.S. allies decline to help Trump with Strait of Hormuz – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump on Monday pressured allies and China for military assistance in reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The European Union and Australia turned down Mr. Trump’s request while China and Japan were noncommittal. Nancy Cordes reports.
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA, March 17 (Reuters) – Medical supplies to clinics dealing with the humanitarian crisis in Sudan could run out within two weeks unless shipments are rapidly rerouted after disruptions due to the conflict in the Middle East, the charity Save the Children said. The expanding U.S.-Israeli war on …
NEW YORK (AP) — Millions more Americans will likely donate to nonprofits following changes in tax laws passed by Congress last summer, but those changes will also likely reduce the overall amount of money given to charity, according to new research. The report from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy published Tuesday reflects …
Extreme weather is impacting millions of Americans from coast to coast, creating long lines at airports and a travel mess. Plus, Israel says it has killed two more Iranian leaders. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.
MADRID, March 17 (Reuters) – The upcoming report by Spain’s antitrust and energy watchdog CNMC on the massive blackout that hit the Iberian Peninsula last year will not assign blame for the outage, the watchdog’s chief said on Tuesday. Spain and Portugal’s widespread blackout on April 28 left large swathes of the two countries in …
NEW YORK (AP) — Books on homelessness, the U.S. Census and ancient India are among this year’s winners of prizes handed out by the J. Anthony Lukas Project, named for the late author and investigative journalist. The winners were announced Tuesday by the project’s administrators, the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism …
LONDON (AP) — Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died. He was 97. Deighton’s literary agent, Tim Bates, said he died Sunday. No cause of death was given. Deighton’s first novel, “The IPCRESS File,” helped set the tone of cool and gritty 1960s thrillers …
MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) – Russia’s Siberian Novosibirsk region has declared a state of emergency to tackle a cattle disease outbreak after weeks of forced removals for culling triggered protests by small farmers who say the measures threatened their livelihoods. State news agency TASS quoted the region’s agriculture minister, Andrei Shindelov, as saying the emergency …
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief’s office expressed concerns about possible “ethnic cleansing” in a new report on Tuesday, saying that Israel has accelerated the expansion of settlements in large parts of the occupied West Bank and the forced displacement of more than 36,000 Palestinians. The report from the office of Volker Türk, …