[ad_1] Venezuela’s government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the U.S. military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country. Caracas cited “mounting threats” from the U.S., which has conducted multiple military strikes on alleged drug boats off Venezuela. Venezuela made the request…
[ad_1] 7m ago Israeli security source tells CBS News 600 aid trucks set to enter Gaza An Israeli security source told CBS News on Friday that 600 trucks carrying humanitarian aid were set to enter Gaza in the coming days as the ceasefire takes hold. The trucks will be from United Nations agencies, as…
[ad_1] The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to Venezuelan political opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Jørgen Watne Frydnes, announcing the…
[ad_1] Kyiv, Ukraine — Russian drone and missile strikes overnight Friday caused blackouts across large swaths of Ukraine, damaged residential buildings and injured at least 20 people in Kyiv, authorities said. A child was killed in attacks in the southeast of the country. In the heart of the Ukrainian capital, rescue crews pulled more than…
[ad_1] Federal workers who are either furloughed or required to keep working without pay during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown express concern about the impact on their finances, their colleagues and the American public. Roughly 750,000 of the more than 2 million federal workers are furloughed during the government closure, which began on Oct. 1, when Congress failed…
[ad_1] Separate courtrooms heard arguments over President Trump’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops to U.S. cities on Thursday. A federal judge in Chicago issued a temporary block on deployments in the city where the Trump administration claims troops are needed to address violent protests. CBS News correspondent Ian Lee reports. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year. Roy Lee Ward, 53, was put to death at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Indiana Department of Correction said in a…
[ad_1] Lima, Peru — Peru’s Congress voted unanimously early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation. Lawmakers had set up a debate and impeachment trial late Thursday in the 130-member unicameral Congress after voting to accept four requests for a vote to remove…
[ad_1] During his regular checkup, a 9-year-old clouded leopard named Masala undergoes a procedure to get a tiny heart monitor implanted under his skin at the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. Rosana Moraes, a Brazilian biologist, studies how high-stress levels in animals can hinder their ability to thrive and breed. Masala’s new…
[ad_1] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo Thursday launching a task force to improve living conditions in barracks across the military. In the memo, he wrote, “Quality of life for our Warriors is a critical component to reviving our warrior ethos and rebuilding our military.” He’s giving the task force 30 days to deliver…
