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Men inspect damage at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Bnei Brak

Taking on Israel’s greatest foe has banished Netanyahu’s political troubles in an instant

By Oren Liebermann, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Benjamin Netanyahu is once again firmly in control of Israeli politics. The country’s longest-serving prime minister has pulled himself back from the abyss with what appears to be a wildly successful opening to a military campaign against Iran. “Bibi had his Churchill moment,” said one Israeli official

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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is placed under arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and FBI agents outside federal immigration court on Tuesday

New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander released after arrest by immigration officers inside court

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was released from federal custody Tuesday afternoon, hours after he was arrested by officers at immigration court in Manhattan after he tried to escort a migrant whom officers were attempting to arrest. His arrest is the latest involving a Democratic

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A satellite image of Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant in Iran

Built inside a mountain and hardened against bunker-busting bombs. Here’s what we know about Iran’s Fordow nuclear site

By Vasco Cotovio and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Five tunnels burrowing into a group of mountains, a large support structure and a wide security perimeter: That’s all you can see of Iran’s mysterious Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant from recent satellite imagery. The secretive, heavily guarded complex built close to the holy city of Qom

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Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York

Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team files new request to have him released on bail or returned to New Jersey

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil renewed requests to have the pro-Palestinian activist released on bail or transferred from an immigration detention center in Louisiana to New Jersey, where he can be closer to his family and his counsel, according to court documents filed on Monday. Lawyers

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Demonstrators denounced the Trump administration at a "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City -- one of 2

A fashion designer and father of 2 was killed at a ‘No Kings’ protest in Utah. 1 man is accused of murder – but he wasn’t the shooter

By Holly Yan, Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — An innocent bystander at a “No Kings” protest in Utah was shot and killed by a “peacekeeper” who was aiming for a different man pointing an AR-15-style rifle toward the crowd, according to the Salt Lake City police. Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was fatally wounded Saturday

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Zohar Shipony holds his daughter

‘The situation is far from funny, but you have to keep your sanity’: Israeli families face uncertain nights in bomb shelters

From CNN’s Tamar Michaelis and Oren Liebermann Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Red alert sirens warning of incoming fire have sent Israelis scrambling to bomb shelters over the last three nights, as Iran and Israel have broadened their deadly attacks on each other. Israeli law demands that all homes and industrial buildings built since the

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Sonia Sotomayor Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: June 25, 1954 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Sonia Maria Sotomayor Father: Juan Sotomayor, factory worker Mother: Celina (Baez) Sotomayor, nurse Marriage: Kevin Edward Noonan (August 1976-October 1983,

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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Personal Birth date: June 25, 1972 Birth place: Tripoli, Libya Birth name: Saif al-Islam Gadhafi Father: Moammar Gadhafi, leader of Libya 1969-2011 Mother: Safia (Farkash) Gadhafi Education: El-Fateh University, Libya, architectural engineering,

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