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US says second day of strikes ‘completed’

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Iran Updates: Hegseth says U.S. will "negotiate with bombs" if needed, as U.S. military announces more strikes

Updated on: June 11, 2026 / 12:03 AM EDT / CBS News

Tortured, humiliated and killed: the women who disappear into Myanmar’s prisons

The military junta has detained thousands of political prisoners since the 2021 coup, and a pattern of gender-based abuses is becoming clear

'Highway of death': the Ukrainian drone campaign menacing Russian logistics

Remote aircraft targeting supply traffic on route connecting occupied regions to Russia

‘Audiences no longer laugh if you call their town crap’: can Phil Wang heal divided Britain?

He’s the perfect comedian to cool down these incendiary times. As Philly Philly takes his Uh Oh standup show on tour, he talks about woke traps, lefty blindspots – and gen Z’s lurch to the right

The EU is inviting the Taliban to Brussels. Europe’s credibility lies in tatters

As ICE-style deportation rules come into force, the unsavoury circle the EU wants migrant deals with includes the Afghan regime. This is a nadir

Claudia Sheinbaum: the wildly popular Mexican president dealing with drug violence, disappearances and Donald Trump

She started as an activist. Now she is Mexico’s president. Has she stayed true to her ideals?

California Redrew Its House Map to Give Democrats an Edge. Here's Who Will Face Off in the New Districts.

Updated on: June 10, 2026 / 11:50 PM EDT / CBS News

Did China's Xi visit North Korea because an emboldened Kim Jong Un wants "to confront the U.S."?

June 10, 2026 / 11:43 PM EDT / CBS News

U.S. launches more strikes on Iranian targets after Trump promises to hit Iran "hard"

Updated on: June 10, 2026 / 11:18 PM EDT / CBS News

Prosecutors won't seek death penalty in Minnesota Democrat's assassination

U.S. prosecutors announced Wednesday that they would not seek the death penalty for the man charged with the political assassination of a high-ranking Minnesota House Democrat and her husband and the attempted murders of a state senator and his wife.

Belfast protests erupt again after stabbing as police deploy water cannons

Police blasted water cannons Wednesday at protesters in Northern Ireland who set small fires and hurled bricks, rocks and bottles at them during a second night of violence over a brutal stabbing on a Belfast street.