U.S. offers $20 million for information on Iran's nuclear program

3:26 AM

Trump confirms U.S. carried out more "minor strikes" on Iran

President Trump confirmed on Friday the U.S. carried out "minor strikes" in Iran, after local state media reported missiles striking Qeshm Island on the Strait of Hormuz.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Mr. Trump was asked whether the U.S. carried out more strikes on the island.

"I don't want to talk about it," the president said. "We do minor strikes. They built a little bit of an anti-aircraft device and we knocked it out in about 15 minutes, maybe 5."

On Saturday, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that two missiles had struck Qeshm island, added that there was no official information on the damage. Iranian state television also reported two explosions on the island.

7:57 PM

White House offers up to $20 million reward for information on Iran's nuclear program

The Trump administration is offering a reward of up to $20 million for information about Iran's nuclear program, the U.S. military's Central Command announced Friday.

The reward , which is being administered through the State Department's Rewards for Justice national security program, also comes with "possible relocation" for the tipster.

The State Department said it is calling for "information about Iran's nuclear program, including its facilities, equipment, and associated personnel, such as those in the scientific community, or the movement of any of the above."

Since the U.S. launched its war with Iran in February, President Trump has repeatedly reiterated that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon.

In its reward form, the State Department noted that according to the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran's uranium stockpile is believed to include uranium that has been enriched to 60% purity – "a level that is a short technical step from" the 90% level required to produce nuclear weapons.

"Iran is the only non-nuclear-weapon state to produce uranium at such a high enrichment level," the State Department said in its Rewards for Justice post. "Experts estimate this quantity, if enriched further, could be enough for several nuclear weapons."

Iran suspended IAEA inspections following the June 2025 strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities by the U.S. and Israel.

"The regime's lack of compliance with the IAEA on safeguards obligations has led to the agency's loss of 'continuity of knowledge' regarding Iran's production and inventory of key components like centrifuges," the State Department said Friday.

5:26 PM / November 6, 2026

U.S. coordinates with Canada to target Iranian digital asset providers

The Treasury Department on Friday targeted several firms exchanging Iranian rials and other currencies for allegedly helping Tehran evade sanctions and fund its proxies.

Some of the providers dealt with Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges already sanctioned by Washington.

The latest targets were coordinated with the Canadian government as several of the individuals and entities named are based in Vancouver and Toronto.

"Anyone, anywhere in the world, who helps Tehran evade sanctions risks being held accountable," State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement .

2:39 PM / November 6, 2026

Rubio to likely face questions about Iran at G7 foreign ministers meeting

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to embark on his first post-midterm foreign trip to attend a Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting in France next week.

He'll likely face questions about the Trump administration's policies, namely in Iran, after huge Republican losses in elections that gave Democrats control of Congress.

The State Department said Friday that Rubio would travel to Paris to meet his counterparts from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan on Monday and Tuesday.

11:57 AM / November 6, 2026

Houthis say 30 people killed or wounded in Saudi strike on market

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said Friday that a Saudi strike on a market in southwestern Yemen had killed or wounded 30 people.

The Houthis' Saba news agency said the "horrific massacre" had "resulted in the martyrdom and injury of more than 30 citizens."

The Houthis' political bureau said in a statement carried by Saba: "It is regrettable that these documented Saudi crimes have become like a forgotten file in the drawers of the United Nations and the so-called international community."

10:59 AM / November 6, 2026

Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of killing and wounding "dozens of civilians" in attack on market

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Friday that the Saudi-led coalition fighting on behalf of Yemen's internationally recognized government had targeted a market in the southwest of the country, killing and wounding "dozens of civilians."

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a post on X that Saudi aircraft struck the Al-Hadara market in the Taiz governorate on Friday "with three airstrikes, leaving dozens of civilians dead and wounded."

"These brutal crimes will not go unanswered and unpunished," he added.

The Saudi-led coalition said Friday , meanwhile, that air defense systems had intercepted two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis at Najran, a major city in southwest Saudi Arabia.

10:26 AM / November 6, 2026

Iran's Revolutionary Guard say they have intercepted a U.S. drone in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed Friday to have destroyed another U.S. drone over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

In a statement carried by the state TV network IRIB, the IRGC said a U.S. MQ-1 drone was "intercepted and destroyed over Qeshm Island by the IRGC's new advanced air defense system."

The IRGC claimed this was the 16th American MQ-1 drone it had intercepted during the war, and the second in two days . Iranian forces have also claimed to have shot down other U.S. drones, including more than two dozen of the more advanced, and more expensive MQ-9 Reapers .

9:42 AM / November 6, 2026

Greek shipping firm says crew member killed in suspected missile strike on oil tanker

A seafarer was killed in an explosion caused by a suspected missile attack on an oil tanker Thursday in the Persian Gulf, a Greek company that manages the vessel said Friday.

The MT Velos Sapphire, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, which was not carrying cargo, was hit Thursday as it sailed toward Bahrain, management firm Velos Tankers said in a statement, according to Reuters.

"The company is greatly saddened to report the death of one of its seafarers, who was found fatally injured on board after having initially been reported missing in the aftermath of the explosion," the statement said.

Velos said, according to Reuters, that no crew members were injured and they managed to extinguish a fire on the ship caused by the blast.

The vessel was brought to Khalifa Bin Salman Port in Bahrain, and the damage to its hull was still being assessed, Reuters said.

8:51 AM / November 6, 2026

Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen says drone intercepted in Mecca region

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-backed Houthis said Friday that it had intercepted a drone in the region of Mecca, Islam's holiest city, following repeated attacks on Saudi Arabia by the Yemeni rebels.

"Interception and destruction of a drone in the Mecca region," Turki al-Malki, the coalition's spokesman, wrote on X , without elaborating.

Since the breakdown of a truce in July, Saudi Arabia has traded blows with the Houthis, who have retaliated with strikes on Saudi airports, energy infrastructure and military sites that killed at least 20 people in October.

The Houthis have repeatedly denied targeting the holy cities of Mecca or Medina in Saudi Arabia and said they would not do so.

On Thursday, the Saudi coalition said it intercepted a missile fired by the Houthis at the Medina region, a claim rejected by the Iranian proxy group as a "blatant and grave falsehood."

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8:05 AM / November 6, 2026

Adviser to Iran's supreme leader says Tehran now "one of the main architects" of Mideast security

The Iranian supreme leader's adviser on international affairs, Aliakbar Velayati, said Friday that Iran was now "one of the main architects" of security in the Middle East.

Referring to how the U.S.-Iran war has changed the region in a series of posts on X , Velayati said that a "tsunami of geopolitical changes in West Asia swept up the Israeli and U.S. elections," and that "Iran is now one of the main architects of the regional order, a reality that cannot be erased or replaced."

Iran is a "bridge between the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Sea of Oman," he added, saying that "any energy or transit corridor seeking to bypass us will either be costly or unstable."

"The domino effect of crises, from Gaza to the Red Sea and from Lebanon to Iraq, has shown that regional security is indivisible," Velayati said. "Either collective security is achieved, or everyone will experience collective insecurity."

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since being wounded in the strikes that killed his father on Feb. 28.

7:30 AM / November 6, 2026

Tanker hit by explosion in Strait of Hormuz, U.K. naval agency says

A tanker was hit by an explosion Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz, a British navy agency said Friday.

The master of a tanker leaving the Strait of Hormuz near Oman's coast reported "an explosion at the waterline" of the vessel, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said, adding that the crew were all safe and the ship was "still under its own power and is continuing on its voyage."

Iran's state media reported Thursday that five oil tankers and a tugboat had caught on fire in or near the strait after hitting sea mines. It was unclear if the UKMTO report was in relation to one of those incidents claimed by Iran.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed Friday, in a statement carried by state media, that two more oil tankers had hit mines and caught on fire in or near the strait.

President Trump has accused Iran of lying about such incidents in an effort to drive up energy prices.

6:57 AM / November 6, 2026

Trump holds a phone call with Qatar's emir, a key mediator in negotiations with Iran

President Trump called Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss efforts to end the U.S.-Iran war, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News Friday, amid a diplomatic push to avoid a new round of major hostilities.

Their discussion, which the White House had not provided any information about by Friday morning, came as Iran's top diplomat made his own calls Thursday to counterparts across the Persian Gulf aimed at maintaining "stability in the region" amid concerns in many Gulf capitals that Mr. Trump will order major new U.S. strikes.

Al Thani received a call from Mr. Trump, according to a statement from the emir's office , during which the pair discussed "the latest regional developments, particularly diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalating tensions in the region."

The emir "emphasized the importance of continuing dialogue and relying on diplomatic means to settle disputes and prevent further escalation," the statement said.

6:57 AM / November 6, 2026

U.S. gas prices could soon dip below $4 a gallon. Why are fuel costs falling?

Motorists could soon see U.S. gas prices drop below $4 a gallon for the first time since July, according to energy experts.

Patrick De Haan, a petroleum analyst at price-tracking firm GasBuddy, told CBS News he expected the national average for gas, which the price-tracking firm put at $4.06 a gallon on Thursday and early Friday morning, to dip below the $4 threshold by next week. He also predicted diesel could fall below $6 a gallon by Thanksgiving.