US President Donald Trump said that Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are leading negotiations with Iran, expressing optimism that a deal is in sight.

• The Assad family has lost control of Syria after more than 50 years of brutal dictatorship. In the face of an astonishingly swift rebel offensive, President Bashar al-Assad and his family fled to ...

Keir Starmer has become the UK's 58th prime minister. Hear his first speech Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer has started to name his cabinet, including appointing Rachel Reeves as the country ...

Father Mark Francis — a friend who attended the same seminary as Pope Leo XIV in the 1970s — said the pontiff’s roots in the Midwest played a large role in shaping him as a religious leader. Francis, ...

• At least six people died and several others were injured in a shooting attack in Jerusalem this morning, Israeli emergency services said. A Spanish national was confirmed as among those killed. • ...

Multiple locations in central Israel have been struck by falling debris, Israeli police said, after a new wave of missiles launched from Iran were detected. “Officers from the Tel Aviv district, ...

• Iran and Israel exchange strikes: There have been more explosions tonight in Tehran and Tel Aviv as the conflict between the Middle East foes escalates following Israel’s unprecedented attack early ...

Watch CNN's live coverage as Israel vows to kill Iran's next supreme leader as Tehran hits back As the US State Department urges Americans in the Gulf region to leave immediately, US universities with ...

• Trump spoke with Netanyahu: US President Donald Trump, who demanded an “unconditional surrender” by Iran, met Tuesday with his national security team, according to the White House. Before the ...

• US-Russia talks: US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is holding meetings with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi about a proposed plan for ending the war in Ukraine, a US official told CNN. • Diplomatic push ...

Israel launched fresh airstrikes targeting military infrastructure in western Iran’s Kermanshah city, said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday morning. Earlier, Iran’s state-affiliated Nour News ...