Qatar caught in crossfire of U.S.-Israeli war with Iran

Qatar, home to the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, has been hit by Iranian retaliatory strikes amid the U.S.-Israeli war. Dr. Majed Mohammed Al-Ansari, who is the official spokesperson of Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told CBS News’ Imtiaz Tyab that the region needs “an end to this as soon as possible,” … Read more

Live Updates: Fear U.S.-Israeli war with Iran will drag on sends stocks plunging and oil price soaring

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the “period of elevated energy prices” will be temporary, “but it will not be long,” as the Iran war continued into a second week.  Oil and gas prices “shouldn’t go much higher than they are here because the world is very well supplied with oil,” Wright said on … Read more

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of ayatollah killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, named Iran’s new supreme leader, state media report

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran’s new supreme leader just over a week after his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes. A statement from the Assembly of Experts — the panel of Shia clerics responsible under Iranian law for choosing the country’s top leader — said Mojtaba Khamenei had … Read more

Live Updates: U.S.-Israeli war with Iran sees strikes intensify in Tehran on Day 5 as the conflict spreads

  3m ago Iran’s Houthi allies in Yemen on the fence about wading into the war The Iranian-backed Houthi rebel movement, which controls a large portion of Yemen, was still mulling a decision on whether to engage directly in the war between its benefactors in Tehran and the U.S. and Israel. On Sunday, the leader … Read more

Thousands stranded after U.S.-Israeli strikes close Middle East airspace

Thousands stranded after U.S.-Israeli strikes close Middle East airspace – CBS News Watch CBS News Thousands of travelers are stranded after the U.S.-Israeli operations in Iran and retaliatory strikes closed airspace across the Middle East. CBS News’ Shanelle Kaul has more. Source link