Vance sends message to Iran during Hungary visit

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Vice President JD Vance visited Hungary and met with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, where he weighed in on Iran and the latest U.S. strike on Kharg Island as he endorsed Orbán ahead of a key election. CBS News’ Olivia Gazis has more.

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Tracking recent US-Israeli strikes on Iranian infrastructure

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Attacks have targeted bridges, steel plants and pharmaceutical facilities, verified videos show.

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Why Energy Has Become a Foreign-Policy Weapon

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Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is a reminder of how everything is fair game in an era of great-power competition.

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White House slams notion of Trump using nuclear weapon in Iran

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The White House on Tuesday slammed the notion that the U.S. would use a nuclear weapon in Iran after President Trump threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight” ahead of an 8 p.m. deadline he set to make a deal with Tehran. “Literally nothing @VP said here ‘implies’ this, you absolute buffoons” the White…

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UN posts reminder on Geneva Conventions: ‘Even wars have rules’

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The United Nations issued a Tuesday reminder about the Geneva Conventions and the standards of international humanitarian law amid the war in Iran. “Even wars have rules,” the UN wrote in a Tuesday post on the social platform X. “The Geneva Conventions protect civilians in conflict and help ensure assistance reaches those in need, without…

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Iran shoots down US Air Force A-10 Warthog in a firefight during fighter jet rescue mission

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A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II was shot down in Iran while attempting to rescue crew members from the downed F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jet.

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Iran calls on young people to form human chains around power plants as Trump deadline looms

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President Masoud Pezeshkian says 14m people ‘declared their readiness to sacrifice their lives’ for defence of IranMiddle East crisis – live updatesIranians officials called on young people to form human chains around the country’s power plants and people in Tehran stocked up on basic provisions, as the clock ticked down on Donald Trump’s deadline to…

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Russia and China veto UN resolution aimed at reopening Hormuz strait as US deadline for deal looms

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One-fifth of the world’s oil typically passes through the strait and Iran’s chokehold during the war has sent energy prices soaring around the world.

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Retired Army general says US may need ‘Nuremberg’ like trials for Trump’s ‘illegal orders’ in Iran war

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President has vowed ‘a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again’ if Iran does not agree to a ceasefire deal

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What to know about Iran’s plans to impose fees on ships passing through Strait of Hormuz

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The fee would vary depending on the type of ship, its cargo and unspecified other prevailing conditions

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