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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the campaign is engineered to make the government feel like there are no escape valves, which is how people in Cuba describe feeling.

The Vatican also released photos of some get-well notes that had been sent to Leo from patients at Gemelli's pediatric oncology ward.

Among the injured was Heidi Levine, a veteran American photojournalist.

Iran said Friday the Strait of Hormuz will reopen if the U.S. leaves the Middle East, adding: "If it does not leave, we will expel it.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, ousted by Defense Secretary Hegseth, said the shortage of missile defense munitions would extend into 2030.

The White House and Pentagon have prepared plans to use a Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb to hit military sites in Iran if ordered by President Trump, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

An Egyptian farmer was working on his land when he came across an unusual rock that turned his field into an archaeology dig.

Pope Leo XIV has resumed some work, the Vatican said Thursday, after he had a piece of his right lung removed and received a diagnosis of lung cancer.

Irish author Sally Rooney's books are no longer being supplied to U.K. retailers over her support for the banned group Palestine Action.

Almost 30 students and a teacher were killed when the roof of a small private school collapsed in Peshawar, Pakistan, local officials say.