12/31: CBS Weekend News – CBS News

12/31: CBS Weekend News – CBS News Watch CBS News New York City police officers on high alert ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations; A recap of the good news from 2023 Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On FOLLOW US ON … Read more

Amid War, This Pregnant Woman in Gaza Walks 5 km To Hospital, Gives Birth To Quadruplets

In a shattered state, this young Gaza woman fled the family home in Beit Hanun on foot with her three other children seeking safety after the Israel-Hamas war broke out in the city. Palestinians flee from east to west of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima … Read more

12/25: CBS Evening News – CBS News

12/25: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Israel launches barrage of airstrikes on Gaza; South Carolina mechanic reaches a milestone in kindness Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial … Read more

Israeli airstrikes in expanded offensive kill at least 90 and destroy 2 homes, officials say

More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned again that nowhere is safe in Gaza and that Israel’s ongoing offensive is creating “massive obstacles” to the distribution of humanitarian aid. Also Saturday, … Read more

Israeli man whose parents were killed on Oct. 7 calls for peace: “We must break this pattern of violence”

As the war between Israel and Hamas rages, the word “peace” may feel like an unreachable goal. For Maoz Inon, it’s the only thing to hope for. Inon’s mother and father were both murdered by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, along with hundreds of other Israelis. His mother, Bilha, was 76, and his father, Yacovi, … Read more

Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

Russia vows to retaliate in kind if EU gives frozen assets to Ukraine Russia on Thursday vowed to retaliate in kind if the European Union moved ahead with plans to hand profits generated from Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine. “We also have enough assets that are frozen here, in type-C accounts,” Finance Minister Anton Siluanov … Read more

Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

Peace talks without Russia’s participation would be ‘absurd,’ Kremlin says There is currently no basis for negotiations with Ukraine and attempting a peace formula without Russia’s participation would be an “absurd process,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday. “There are currently no prerequisites for peaceful negotiations on Ukraine,” he said, according to Google-translated comments carried … Read more

Ukraine considers army proposal to mobilise another 500,000 for war with Russia

“This is a very serious number,” he said. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at his end-of-year news conference. Photo: Reuters Ukraine’s troop numbers are not known, but it has said in the past it has around 1 million people under arms. Russia has been expanding its army during the war and said on Tuesday it planned … Read more

Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

Russia will circumvent diamond ban, Kremlin says A display of diamonds shows coloured diamonds among other stones at Alrosa Diamond Cutting Division in Moscow on July 3, 2019. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images Russia possesses and will implement “options to circumvent EU sanctions on diamonds,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday, in Google-translated … Read more

Gaza grandfather describes killing of family by Israeli troops

When the Israeli soldiers entered the Gaza school where Yousef Khalil was sleeping near his family, they began shooting indiscriminately, killing nine people including children, he said, pointing to bullet-pocked, bloodstained walls. His account, which Israel’s military says it is looking into, comes after the killing of three hostages escaping Hamas in Gaza raised new … Read more