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Tuesday, March 03, 2026 7:56 AM ET

CBS News - World

Americans urged to leave 14 Middle East countries amid Iran war -- The State Department urged Americans to "depart now" from countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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Crocodile found near family's home - 1,200 miles from its habitat -- Authorities were initially skeptical of the reported find but had caught the elusive reptile by Sunday night.

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Powerful cartel boss "El Mencho" is buried in golden casket in Mexico -- Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes' killing set off retaliatory violence by the cartel, killing more than 70 people.

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Battered Iran lashes out with missiles on day 4 of war with U.S., Israel -- Iran launches more missiles at Israel as 6 U.S. deaths are confirmed and Trump says he'll do "whatever it takes," for as long as it takes.

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Why is the U.S. attacking Iran? Here's what Trump has said. -- President Trump on Monday listed four reasons why the U.S. launched its attack on Iran, initiating what he said he expects to be a weeks-long war.

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Military officials question fortifications at site where U.S. troops were killed -- The first American service members to die in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran were killed in an apparent Iranian drone attack on a makeshift office space in Kuwait, sources told CBS News.

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Satellite images show Iranian sites before and after airstrikes -- The satellite images show damage to sites including the Choqa Balk-e drone facility and former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound​.

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Prolonged Strait of Hormuz closure would cause oil prices to surge, experts warn -- The Iran war is renewing concerns about the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. A prolonged closure could sharply drive up oil prices, experts said.

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Insurgents raid village in South Sudan, killing at least 169 people -- Women and children were among the dead, in addition to dozens of combatants, officials said.

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Travel chaos intensifies with airports closed, flights canceled amid Iran war -- Air travel chaos intensified as the war with Iran stretched into a third day - keeping airspace and airports in the Middle East closed and leaving travelers stranded.

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Trump says strikes were "last best chance" to take out Iran threat -- President Trump said he expects the bombing campaign to last four to five weeks, but "we have [the] capability to go far longer than that."

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Melania Trump presides over U.N. Security Council meeting -- The White House announced first lady Melania Trump would preside over the meeting last week before the U.S. and Israel launched a joint U.S.-Israeli military mission in Iran.

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Pete Hegseth says Iran military mission will not be "endless" -- The Pentagon announced Monday that six American service members have been killed in Operation Epic Fury.

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El Ni o could return this year and make Earth even hotter -- The weather phenomenon known as El Ni o could form later this year, potentially pushing global temperatures to record heights, researchers say. -- Mar 2

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3 U.S. F-15s mistakenly shot down by Kuwait but all crew safe -- Three American fighter jets were "mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses," CENTCOM said in a statement ​Monday, as the war with Iran continued for a third day.

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