A U.S. black hawk helicopter flies over the site of a Taliban suicide attack in Kandahar on August 2, 2017. Javed Tanveer/AFP/Getty Images KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan Taliban announced a three-day cease-fire over the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the…
Hurricane Aletta grew to a Category 4 hurricane on June 8, 2018. Twitter / NHC E. Pacific Ops MEXICO CITY -- Hurricane Aletta strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm in the open Pacific on Friday, but it was well…
SINGAPORE -- Both President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to land in Singapore on Sunday. They will instantly make the city the focus of the world's attention for a few days. Final preparations are underway…
QUEBEC CITY -- President Trump flew to Canada Friday for the G-7 meeting -- the first of two high-profile summits on his agenda. A group photo masked the underlying tension, after Mr. Trump lashed out at allies over trade, while…
Two individuals from the U.S. embassy in Cuba are undergoing medical evaluation, a State Department official told CBS News on Friday. The two people could be suffering from the mysterious illness plaguing diplomats, but that has not been medically confirmed.…
An American special operations soldier was killed and four U.S. service members were wounded Friday in an "enemy attack," according to U.S. Africa Command. The incident is the first known death of a U.S. servicemen in Africa since the ambush…
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Britain's Prince Andrew, not pictured, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 29, 2018. Reuters/Thomas Peter The U.S. Navy and the FBI are investigating a massive hack attack on a Navy…
The barrage of threats facing our oceans today might seem like an overwhelming tsunami of problems. Plastics are harming marine life. Carbon pollution is warming the oceans and increasing their acidity. Waters are being overfished. But there's hope, according to…
President Trump will fly to Singapore tomorrow morning, leaving the G7 summit in Quebec early for his meeting with Kim Jong Un. The president said Thursday if the meeting goes well, he'd consider inviting Kim to the U.S. But he…
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinians burned tires and Israeli troops fired heavy volleys of tear gas Friday to push back large Gaza crowds from the area of the fence separating the blockaded territory from Israel. It is the latest…
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May sits next to Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson as she holds the first Cabinet meeting following the general election at 10 Downing Street, in London June 12, 2017. Pool LONDON -- Brexit tensions roiled the…
U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson, commander of Resolute Support forces and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, walks with Afghan officials during an official visit in Farah province, Afghanistan, May 19, 2018. REUTERS BRUSSELS -- The Afghan government's unilateral halt to attacks…
WASHINGTON -- A new medical mystery affecting U.S. diplomatic workers, this time in China, is deepening. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing has issued two warnings for Americans in the country to watch out for unexplained illnesses. Several workers at U.S.…
ESCUINTLA, Guatemala -- Prosecutors in Guatemala are investigating if the country's emergency response agency was negligent in their response to the deadly eruption of Volcan de Fuego, or "volcano of fire," last Sunday. At least 109 people were killed and…
President Trump is expecting tough talks with U.S. allies Canada, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, and Japan at the G7 summit Friday. Relations are tense after the president put new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from the European Union, Mexico,…
SINGAPORE -- President Trump said Thursday that he's "well- prepared" to meet Kim Jong Un next week in Singapore. He also said "attitude" is more important than preparation. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy has already arrived in Singapore, and he…
An image taken from video posted on YouTube by Syrian activists shows civilian -rescue workers known as White Helmets working in rebel-held Idlib province, in the town of Zardana, after alleged Russian airstrikes, June 8, 2018. YouTube BEIRUT -- Warplanes…
An Iowa high school student due to graduate last month ran afoul of federal immigration laws and was escorted out of the U.S. in April, authorities say. Three weeks later, Manuel Antonio Cano-Pacheco was dead, his throat slit in his…
King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, Queen Maxima of The Netherlands and Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (right to left) during the award ceremony of the Appeltjes van Oranje for social projects on June 6, 2018 in The Hague, Netherlands. Getty…
President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a joint appearance at the White House ahead of next week's North Korean summit. Mr. Trump said he was "totally prepared to walk away" from the summit. If the summit goes…
After Volcan de Fuego's biggest eruption in four decades, help is arriving to areas cut off by the lava flows. But in some villages, the chance of finding anyone alive is slowly disappearing. Six children injured are in Texas for…
When asked by CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett on CBS News' "The Takeout," former Mexican President Vicente Fox said he "absolutely" stands by his comment, “I’m not gonna pay for that f*****g wall."
The highly anticipated summit with North Korea is now just days away. During a joint appearance with the Japanese prime minister, President Trump predicted his meeting with Kim Jong Un will be a "great success." CBS News Washington correspondent Paula…
Days after he was denied access to a federal shelter for child migrants, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, is demanding answers from the Office of Refugee Resettlement about the roughly 11,000 children under the care of the federal agency. "Under U.S.…