A decision by Elon Musk led to restrictions on Ukraine’s use of SpaceX’s satellite communications network, people familiar with the matter told CBS News. The satellite service, which is used for drone operations, hitting certain targets and protecting sites in Ukraine, was slowed significantly last week. Musk held multiple conversations with administration officials leading up […]
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. A Pentagon official told CBS News: “The Department of War plans for a wide range of operational scenarios to execute […]
The U.S. may have intentionally withheld early warnings this week of Russian strikes on Ukraine, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine “received no advance warning from our partners” when Russia launched a ballistic missile barrage at Kyiv and other locations early Tuesday. The sources said American officials told […]
Federal prosecutors are expected to bring new charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, for allegedly torturing Americans who were held in Venezuelan prisons, according to multiple sources familiar with the case. The sources said that additional people could be charged in their role for the torture of more than […]
In the minutes after chaos took over FlyDubai flight 1073, Israel was prepared for fighter jets to shoot it down, according to Israeli sources. CBS News has also learned that co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, a citizen of Oman, had planned to crash the plane into Israel’s main airport. Matt Gutman reports. Israel prepared for fighter jets […]
The Omani co-pilot who allegedly attempted to hijack a FlyDubai flight to Israel told interrogators in the United Arab Emirates last week that he planned the attack even before he was employed by the Emirati airline more than a year ago, according to an Israeli official. He had intended to crash the FlyDubai jet into […]
Israel was prepared to shoot down a FlyDubai plane after the captain was attacked in the cockpit, even with over 150 Israelis on board, two Israeli sources with direct knowledge of the situation told CBS News. The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week was approaching Israel when the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the flight captain […]
A suspected member of ShinyHunters, the hacking group that claimed responsibility last month for defacing the FBI’s website, was detained in Jordan this week and is cooperating with the investigators, according to U.S. officials. Jordanian authorities detained Saif al-Din Khader this week, according to two U.S. officials and another source with knowledge of the matter. […]
The FlyDubai alleged attempted hijacking was likely a lone-wolf attack, an early investigation by Israel shows, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigation is still in full swing and all avenues are still being explored, the people familiar told CBS News. The flight Wednesday from Dubai to Tel Aviv was approaching Israel when […]
The dozens of U.S. troops bombarded by Iranian drones at a small Kuwaiti port in the opening days of the Iran war could have relocated to safer positions in western Saudi Arabia, multiple sources told CBS News, but those plans were rejected by the unit’s commanding general despite intelligence warning of a potential attack on […]