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Tuesday, May 19, 2026 10:21 AM ET

CBS News - World

Iran stages mass weddings for couples ready for "self-sacrifice" in war -- Iranian state media showed wedding ceremonies in Tehran for dozens of couples said to have volunteered for "self-sacrifice" in the war with the U.S.

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Man gets death sentence for killing teen TikTok star in Pakistan -- Sana Yousaf's murder in June drew nationwide condemnation and reignited debate over women's safety.

2 hours ago

Troops say Army ignored request for more medical support before deadly attack -- Survivors say they'd asked for more medical support before the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. soldiers at their command post in Kuwait in the war's first 24 hours.

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Trump leaves option to attack Iran on the table, but talks diplomacy -- President Trump says he scrapped a planned attack on Iran at the request of Gulf allies, as "serious negotiations" on a peace deal are underway.

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Mango founder Isak Andic's son arrested in his death -- Police in Spain arrested the son of Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of the Spanish fashion brand Mango, for allegedly having played a role in his December 2024 death.

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Why has the U.K. had 6 prime ministers in less than 10 years? -- Political chaos has engulfed Britain, with six people holding the U.K.'s top job in a decade, including one prime minister who lasted only 45 days.

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Man killed by mother bear with her cub in rare attack in Bulgaria -- A bear mauled to death a man at Vitosha, a mountainous region just outside the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, authorities said.

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Russia conducting 3 days of major nuclear drills -- Russia's army has started three days of nuclear weapons drills involving thousands of troops across the country, as Kyiv escalates its drone attacks and with President Vladimir Putin headed to China.

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Iran more than doubled executions in 2025, global death penalty hit 44-year high -- Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

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The story of Cuba's 1996 shootdown that could lead to Ra l Castro's indictment -- Thirty years ago, a Cuban fighter jet shot down two civilian planes operated by Florida-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an incident that inflamed U.S.-Cuba relations.

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Trump says he's called off plans for a "scheduled attack of Iran" -- President Trump said he received a request from the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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Gunman kills 6, wounds 8 in latest shooting rampage in Turkey -- A man armed with a rifle carried out a string of attacks, killing at least six people and wounding eight others, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

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American doctor working in Congo tests positive for Ebola -- An American medical missionary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was evacuated after testing positive for Ebola.

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198 pounds of cocaine found hidden in Kim Kardashian brand underwear -- A truck driver was sentenced to over 13 years in prison for smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of Skims, Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand.

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Ebola strain in latest outbreak has no vaccine, no treatment -- The virus behind the latest Ebola outbreak is the Bundibugyo virus, which is less common and there is no vaccine or treatment.

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