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FILE - In this photo released by Tasnim News Agency, a Revolutionary Guard Navy (IRGC) speedboat approaches the cargo ship Epaminondas during what state media described as the seizure of one of two vessels accused of violations in the Strait of Hormuz, April 21, 2026. (Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim News Agency via AP, File)

The Latest: US appears cold to Iranian proposal to end the war without a nuclear deal

2:06 AM on Tuesday, April 28

The Trump administration seems unlikely to accept Iran’s offer to end the war and its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz

FILE - Police respond to a fatal shooting in a parking lot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Rio Giancarlo/The Deseret News via AP,File)

Utah charges man with murder in January shooting outside church in Salt Lake City

6:40 PM on Monday, April 27

Prosecutors say a man in California is in custody on murder charges in connection with a shooting in January that left two people dead in a Salt Lake City church parking lot

Pope Leo XIV prays with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, left, in the Urban VIII Chapel inside the Apostolic Palace, at the Vatican, Monday, April 27, 2026. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter, vows dialogue

4:27 AM on Monday, April 27

Pope Leo XIV has vowed to keep working to overcome differences with the Anglican Communion

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 27, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say

3:09 AM on Monday, April 27

Iran has offered to end its control over the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade and ends the war

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi walk to attend the talks at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

The Latest: Iran wants Strait of Hormuz reopening tied to an end to the war, officials say

11:59 PM on Sunday, April 26

Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear program

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, meets with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, in Muscat, Oman, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

The Latest: Pakistan says US-Iran mediation moving ahead after Trump holds back envoys

2:39 AM on Sunday, April 26

Pakistan’s leaders are seeking to revive peace talks between the United States and Iran after President Donald Trump canceled plans for his top envoys to travel to Islamabad this weekend for negotiations

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, shakes hands with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq during their meeting, in Muscat, Oman, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Iran's top diplomat briefly returns to Pakistan but Trump says the sides can talk by phone

12:31 AM on Sunday, April 26

Iran's foreign minister has briefly visited Islamabad again as Pakistan's leaders work to restart ceasefire talks between Tehran and Washington

A container ship is seen in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)

The Latest: Trump says he called off dispatching envoys to Iran talks

2:13 AM on Saturday, April 25

President Donald Trump says he told top U_S_ envoys not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, telling Fox News that ″they can call us anytime they want.”

A woman walks past an anti-U.S. graffiti painted on the wall of the Tehran University on Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Talks stumble as Iran's top diplomat leaves Pakistan and Trump says he told envoys not to go

12:13 AM on Saturday, April 25

The latest attempt at ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran appears to have failed

The Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Monsignor Paolo Borgia, center, poses with residents next to a crucifix sent by Italy to replace one that was defaced last week by an Israeli soldier in the Christian village of Debel, south Lebanon, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Houssam Naddaf via AP)

Lebanon resident recognizes family crucifix smashed by Israeli soldier in viral image

10:59 AM on Friday, April 24

A resident of a Christian village in southern Lebanon says he was shocked to see an Israeli soldier smash a crucifix in his garden

What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say about God

8:34 AM on Friday, April 24

FILE - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaks during a bilateral meeting between Switzerland and Iran, in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 17, 2026 (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP, File)

Trump dispatches Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for new talks with Iran's foreign minister

6:55 AM on Friday, April 24

President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran’s foreign minister as officials in the South Asian nation push to revive ceasefire talks

Municipal workers kill recently caught janitor fish before burying them during a campaign to remove the invasive species from the city's rivers, canals and water reservoirs, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Explosion of invasive 'janitor fish' sparks mass removal operation in Indonesia's capital

4:14 AM on Friday, April 24

Authorities in Indonesia’s capital are seeking to remove at least 10 tons of janitor fish from the city’s waterways

The Latest: Trump sending Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for talks with Iran foreign minister

3:33 AM on Friday, April 24

U.S. President Donald Trump is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday to continue talks with Iran

A man listens during a Yom HaShoah ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 24, 2022, at Congregation Beth Israel in Houston. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

2 young people arrested in alleged plot to attack Houston synagogue

2:09 PM on Thursday, April 23

Authorities have arrested two young people in an alleged plot to attack a Texas synagogue

A cargo ship sails in the Persian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo)

Trump orders US military to 'shoot and kill' Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz

7:54 AM on Thursday, April 23

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines to choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate the Holy mass at the Malabo stadium, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Thursday, April 23, 2026, on the last day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Pope urges US and Iran to return to peace talks and condemns capital punishment

6:07 AM on Thursday, April 23

Pope Leo XIV is urging the United States and Iran to return to talks to end the war

From left, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad, listen to President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says Lebanon and Israel agree to extend Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire by 3 weeks

4:41 AM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group by three weeks after talks at the White House

This photo released by the Lebanese Civil Defense, show Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and a Civil Defense worker sit on a excavator carrying the body of the Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil working for the daily Al-Akhbar newspaper killed in an Israeli airstrike, in al-Tiri village, south Lebanon, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Lebanese Civil Defense via AP)

The Latest: Trump orders military to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz

2:31 AM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz

Pope Leo XIV is cheered by faithful on the occasion of his visit to a nursing home, in Saurimo, Angola, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Photos of Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa

5:15 PM on Wednesday, April 15

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