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- Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after injury on overseas trip December 14, 2024Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in the hospital after sustaining an injury on an overseas trip in Luxembourg, her office said Friday.
- U.N. working to get humanitarian aid into Syria December 14, 2024The United Nations is trying to get humanitarian assistance to nearly three million people in need of help in Syria following the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad's ruthless regime. Cindy McCain, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, spoke to "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan about those efforts.
- Concern over Syria's future despite collapse of Assad regime December 14, 2024Most Western nations, including the U.S., have designated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as a terrorist organization. But with the group now having ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the question world leaders have now is should they recognize the group. Imtiaz Tyab reports from Syria
- American Travis Timmerman flown out of Syria after release from prison December 13, 2024A U.S. defense official told CBS News that Travis Timmerman was flown out of Syria and into Jordan by the U.S. military and handed over to the State Department.
- U.S.-backed forces worry ISIS could try to capitalize on Assad's ouster December 13, 2024CBS News goes inside a Syrian prison holding thousands of ISIS fighters, where the U.S.-backed forces in charge say the Assad regime's collapse presents new risks.
- Medically-assisted deaths in Canada reach record high December 13, 2024According to data released Wednesday by Health Canada, about 4.7% of Canadians who died in 2023 received MAID, or Medical Assistance in Dying.
- U.S. couple killed while visiting violence-plagued part of Mexico December 13, 2024State prosecutors said the couple was traveling in a pickup truck in the municipality of Angamacutiro when they were shot and killed.
- American found in Syria after months of captivity begins journey home December 13, 2024Travis Timmerman, a 29-year-old from Missouri, was found alive near Damascus after being freed from prison. His family says the news of his safety is the best Christmas gift they could have hoped for.
- Uncertainty in Syrian prison filled with ISIS supporters after fall of Assad regime December 13, 2024A jail in eastern Syria holds thousands of ISIS prisoners. The prison's warden said the inmates don't know the Syrian regime in Damascus was toppled. The prison is guarded by American-backed Syrian forces who control about a quarter of the country. Senior Foreign Correspondent Holly Williams has more.
- U.K. bars Chinese man with ties to Prince Andrew over security concerns December 13, 2024A Chinese businessman who won "a significant degree" of trust from disgraced British royal Prince Andrew has been barred from the U.K.
- One of the rarest freshwater fish in the world spotted in Cambodia December 13, 2024The underwater giants can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh up to 660 pounds, or as heavy as a grand piano.
- Former anti-narcotics chief known as "Macho" extradited to U.S. December 13, 2024The U.S. State Department offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to Maximiliano Dávila's conviction.
- 12/12: CBS Evening News December 13, 2024U.S. man found in Syria months after going missing; Florida group delivers Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- CBS News speaks with man who says he's just been freed from Syrian prison December 13, 2024A man identifying himself as Missourian Travis Timmerman tells CBS News he was liberated from a Syrian prison upon dictator Bashar al-Assad's ouster.
- Ex-Syrian military official indicted in California on torture charges December 13, 2024Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria's infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted President Bashar al-Assad, was arrested in Los Angeles in July.
- Meet the volunteers delivering Christmas gifts to children in Haiti December 13, 2024A group of missionaries from Florida will continue their tradition of bringing gifts to children in Haiti.
- Examining U.S. foreign policy towards Syria, China December 13, 2024"Face the Nation" moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan takes a look at whether the instability in Syria poses a threat to U.S. national security, and why President-elect Donald Trump invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration.
- Man claiming to be missing American found in Syria months after going missing December 13, 2024A man identifying himself as Travis Timmerman, a Missouri man who was reported missing earlier this year, has been found in Syria. Timmerman told CBS News that he had been imprisoned for seven months after crossing Syria's border illegally while on a Christian pilgrimage. Elizabeth Palmer has more.
- Woman arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle meth disguised as presents December 12, 2024A Canadian woman had over 20 pounds of methamphetamine disguised as Christmas presents in her carry-on duffel bag, New Zealand's customs agency said.
- Canadian official threatens to cut U.S. energy supplies in response to tariffs December 12, 2024Canada could halt oil and gas imports to the U.S. if Donald Trump imposes steep new tariffs, Ontario Premier Doug Ford warns.