• WATCH: Trump meets with Germany's Merz as U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran widens

    WATCH: Trump meets with Germany's Merz as U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran widens

    Mar 03, 2026 03:35 PM EDT

    ... of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that the U.S. had decided to strike because “we knew that there was going to be an Israeli action.” “And we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties,” Rubio ...

  • Hezbollah and Israel reignite conflict in Lebanon after Iran strikes

    Hezbollah and Israel reignite conflict in Lebanon after Iran strikes

    Mar 02, 2026 11:40 PM EDT

    Lebanon is being dragged back into conflict as Hezbollah resumed attacks on Israel following the Iran strikes. Simona Foltyn reports from the outskirts of the capital city of Beirut.

  • WATCH: First lady Melania Trump presides over UN Security Council as U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran continue

    WATCH: First lady Melania Trump presides over UN Security Council as U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran continue

    Mar 02, 2026 09:39 PM EDT

    “We have been reminded of this truth over the last two days," she told the Security Council. "Schools in Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman have closed and moved to remote learning owing to the ongoing military operations in the region,” she said. Melania Trump was ...

  • Where things stand as U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran widen

    Where things stand as U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran widen

    Mar 02, 2026 05:49 PM EDT

    What to watch for: further military strikes, as well as attacks by and against Iranian proxies. The Middle East and beyond The current conflict is already far more intense than last year’s Israel-Iran war, where the U.S. inserted itself near the end by bombing Iranian nuclear sites ...

  • World reacts as U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran sprawl into regional war

    World reacts as U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran sprawl into regional war

    Mar 02, 2026 04:42 PM EDT

    ... the door to diplomacy remains open." Meanwhile, some states were shaken into saying something different. The 22-nation Arab League, which has historically condemned both Israel and Iran for actions it says risk destabilizing the region, called the Iranian attacks "a blatant violation of the sovereignty of countries that advocate ...

  • What to know about the joint U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran

    What to know about the joint U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran

    Mar 02, 2026 03:52 PM EDT

    ... kingdom's defense ministry said, with authorities downing the incoming aircraft.Israel warns of prolonged conflict in Lebanon Hezbollah launched several rockets and drones toward Israel overnight — though there were no reports of injuries or damage — and Israel responded by striking dozens of targets in Beirut and southern Lebanon. Israel ...

  • War in Middle East widens as Israeli and U.S. planes pound Iran and Tehran and its proxies hit back

    War in Middle East widens as Israeli and U.S. planes pound Iran and Tehran and its proxies hit back

    Mar 02, 2026 02:57 PM EDT

    An Israeli military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, said Israel is keeping “all options on the table,” including a potential ground invasion of Lebanon. The Israeli military said it had completed a wave of strikes targeting branches of al-Qard al-Hasan, a charity operating outside the Lebanese financial system ...

  • Live Updates: U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran widens

    Live Updates: U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran widens

    Mar 02, 2026 02:39 PM EDT

    Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war expanded Monday with statements of defiance and increasing casualties.

  • Hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded following U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran

    Hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded following U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran

    Mar 01, 2026 08:56 PM EDT

    Mike McCormick, who used to oversee air traffic control for the Federal Aviation Administration, said countries might reopen their airspace once American and Israeli officials tell airlines where military flights are operating and how capable Iran remains at firing missiles. ‘No one really knows what’s going on’ The reverberations ...

  • U.S. and Israel pound targets across Iran as Trump signals openness to talk to new leadership

    U.S. and Israel pound targets across Iran as Trump signals openness to talk to new leadership

    Mar 01, 2026 04:54 PM EDT

    ... nice time. We didn’t sleep at all. And we don’t even feel tired.” Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, blamed the U.S. and Israel for starting the war. He said he had spoken to his counterparts in the Gulf countries and urged them to pressure the U.S ...