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U.S. vice president said Washington hopes to make progress on both the Lebanon ceasefire and Iran’s nuclear program, while Tehran’s threat to close a key oil chokepoint tests Trump’s fragile deal.
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48 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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U.S. vice president said Washington hopes to make progress on both the Lebanon ceasefire and Iran’s nuclear program, while Tehran’s threat to close a key oil chokepoint tests Trump’s fragil...
Negotiators have 60 days to work out details of a framework agreement as tensions over Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz test the deal.
At least 22 killed in latest Israeli strikes in Lebanon and Gaza in spite of truces in region
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials are in Switzerland to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and build out the fragile interim deal to end the war i...
Negotiations aimed at reaching permanent end to war will initially focus on Israeli-Hizbollah conflict in Lebanon
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland to help launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over Tehran’s nuclear program
Vance joins other US officials in Zurich to hammer out peace deal terms with a battery of Tehran's leaders
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif were among those to reach as negotiators are in a 60-day sprint to reach ag...
Iran's military said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to continued Israeli military strikes in Lebanon; the U.S. said it remains open.
JD Vance says talks aim to ‘make progress on the nuclear issue, make progress on the Lebanon ceasefire issue’ Middle East crisis – live updates Talks between Iran and the US aimed at buildi...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Asim Munir held a bilateral meeting with the US negotiating team, led by Vice President JD Vance, ahead of the...
OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and bu...
Iran accused the US of breaching the ceasefire agreement.
JD Vance in Switzerland for Iran talks US Vice President JD Vance has arrived in Switzerland for talks with Iran. Vance said he expected to conduct a couple of days of peace talks with Iran...
Vice President JD Vance landed in Switzerland early Sunday for talks with Iranian officials, joining Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in negotiations.
The war in Lebanon threatens efforts to reach a broader peace and keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
The United States and Iran are set to start a new round of talks in Switzerland on Sunday in a bid to finalise the Memorandum of Understanding signed last week. The teams have a timeframe o...
Three fully laden India-linked supertankers have re-emerged in the Gulf of Oman, adding to increased reports of traffic moving both ways across the northern and southern routes of the Strai...
Certain developments, including Israeli strikes in Lebanon, could complicate talks meant to advance an interim US-Iran deal to end their war.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance landed Sunday in Switzerland to help formally launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over curbing Tehran's nuclear program and building out the fragile interi...
An emergency session to address the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has been added to the schedule of the first day of the Switzerland talks, CBS News reported.
Iranian and US officials are set for high stakes talks in Switzerland to reinforce the Memorandum of Understanding.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland on Sunday for peace talks with Iran as both nations seek a durable end to their war.
Iran said it has closed the Strait of Hormuz for shipping transit due to what it called Israel’s violation of a ceasefire, even as Pakistan said US-Iran talks were set to open in Switzerlan...
Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to join envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for a critical new round of U.S.-Iran negotiations.
The next phase of talks to end the war in Iran is expected to begin on Sunday amid fighting in Lebanon and renewed confusion over the Strait of Hormuz.
ZURICH— U.S. Vice President JD Vance landed Sunday in Switzerland to help formally launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over curbing Tehran’s nuclear program and building out the fragil...
US Vice President JD Vance landed Sunday in Switzerland to help formally launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over curbing Tehran’s nuclear program and building out the fragile interim...
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and build out the fragile interim deal to...
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and build out the fragile interim deal to...
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has landed in Switzerland to help launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over Tehran’s nuclear program
The US disputed Iran's claim the waterway is shut, a move Tehran says was a response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and build out the fragile interim deal to...
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and build out the fragile interim deal to...
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland to help launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran's military accused the U.S. of not upholding the first point in the memorandum of understanding, with Israel remaining in Lebanese territory.
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Now: Wording Gap is 81/99 and story health is stable · 48 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.