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U.S. and Iran Zero In on Four Nuclear Issues in Talks

With the cease-fire proving tenuous, negotiations between the two nations are in flux, but have advanced to outline potential paths forward on difficult questions about Iran’s nuclear program.

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Tehran this week. Hard-liners in Iran could derail what American officials have described as the hazy outlines of an accord.
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Israel Strikes Lebanese City of Tyre as U.S.-Brokered Truce Falters

The bombardment followed Israeli evacuation warning for the entire city, a day after Iran threatened to attack Israel again if it kept up its offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Netanyahu’s Bow to Trump’s Iran Pressure Spurs New Criticism

Opponents attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for halting strikes against Iran after a call with President Trump, saying that he was letting the United States make Israel’s decisions.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, last week.
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A Challenge in the U.S.-Iran Talks: Both Sides Demand Victory

Washington and Tehran would need to defend any potential deal as a win for their side. And each has a leader whose approach to talks is vexing mediators.

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A rally in Tehran on Monday after Iran and Israel exchanged fire.
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Crew Is Rescued After U.S. Helicopter Goes Down Near Strait of Hormuz

It was not immediately clear what led to the incident, which came at a time when the cease-fire in the war has grown tenuous.

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A U.S. Army Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump Wants to Call the Shots. But in Iran, He Keeps Hitting His Limits.

President Trump is grappling with his own version of the sort of Middle East crisis that beset his predecessors, and that he promised to avoid.

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President Trump insists that he has not violated his campaign pledge to avoid “endless wars,” even though a conflict he called “a little excursion” in March has entered its fourth month.
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