Thursday, May 21, 2026 10:57 AM ET
10 minutes ago
Divers killed in Maldives cave may have taken wrong tunnel: "No way out" -- Finnish divers found the Italians in a corridor with a dead end inside the cave complex, Italy's la Repubblica daily reported.2 hours ago
Ukraine ups security as Russia holds nuclear strike drills with Belarus -- Russia says "nuclear munitions" sent to Belarus for joint drills in the country that Moscow used as a launchpad for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.2 hours ago
Record 274 climbers scale Nepal's side of Mount Everest in single day -- A record 274 climbers scaled the Nepal side of Mount Everest in a single day, officials said. They took advantage of clear weather.3 hours ago
U.S.-bound flight diverted over passenger from Congo amid Ebola restrictions -- An Air France flight from Paris to Detroit was forced to divert to Montreal due to U.S. flight restrictions linked to the Ebola outbreak.1 hour ago
U.S. intel community analyzing how Cuba might respond to military action -- These kinds of intelligence forecasts attempt not only to show the immediate consequences of an American action, but the chain of reactions that may follow.16 hours ago
Spy plane "dangerously intercepted" by Russian jets over Black Sea -- The Russian jets intercepted the U.K. aircraft with one jet flying as close as 19 feet to the British plane's nose, officials said.21 hours ago
U.S. indicts Cuba's Ra l Castro for murder over downing of planes in 1996 -- Former Cuban leader Ra l Castro was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes in 1996 - an escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against the Cuban government.21 hours ago
Netanyahu rebukes Israeli minister for treatment of Gaza flotilla activists -- Italy and France have summoned the Israeli ambassadors in their respective capitals after Itamar Ben-Gvir, his national security minister, posted the video.22 hours ago
Deadly measles outbreak in Bangladesh fuels concern over risks for U.S. -- A CBS News medical correspondent and doctor says her "biggest concern for the World Cup is actually measles. It's not hantavirus, it is not Ebola."23 hours ago
2 HUMPBACK WHALES SWAM RECORD-BREAKING DISTANCE, PHOTOS REVEAL -- The pictures represent the longest-distance ever seen between two pictures of the same humpback whale, researchers said. -- May 201 hour ago
Rubio offers Cubans "new path" in video address -- Ra l Castro and five others have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury in Florida, according to court filings made public Wednesday.21 hours ago
Xi welcomes Putin and touts "unyielding" ties on heels of Trump's visit -- China's Xi Jinping welcomed Vladimir Putin in Beijing, touted the countries' "unyielding" ties, and took a loosely veiled jab at Trump's policies. -- May 201 hour ago
WHO says Ebola risks high for region, but not a "pandemic emergency" -- WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level." -- May 204 hours ago
Trump says Netanyahu will do "whatever I want him to do" on Iran -- Asked what he said to Israel's leader about a decision to hold off on new Iran strikes, Trump said Netanyahu will "do whatever I want him to do."3 hours ago