- Vice President J.D. Vance returns from failed ceasefire talks with Iran in Islamabad.
- U.S. warships transit Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the Iran war began six weeks ago.
- U.S. military begins operations to clear Iranian sea mines from the Strait of Hormuz.
- Global o
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