Iran's parliament speaker on Sunday threatened to deliver a "more intense and more painful response" to U.S. strikes on Iranian oil tankers
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On Saturday, the U.S. struck and "permanently disabled" three Iranian oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman after Iran's Revolutionary Guard had fired ballistic missiles at an aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer.
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No U.S. warships were struck in the attack and no one was injured.
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President Trump called the war with Iran "small potatoes" and defended his vice president, who said Thursday it shouldn't be called a war.
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"A lot of people don't call it a war," Mr. Trump said.
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"I call it a military conflict."
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Kushner says Gaza has long been "dystopian," defends lack of progress in talks
Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and negotiator on Middle East affairs, defended the lack of progress in talks about next steps in the fragile Gaza ceasefire, saying that "it's been a dystopian place for a long time."
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Speaking at a news conference in Ukraine, Kushner defended his
, saying the militarization by the Hamas militant group in the Palestinian territory was "beyond our comprehension, so demilitarizing it is not going to be easy.
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""But we're very determined, and we're working through these things," Kushner said.
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Last month, Kushner
in Egypt to discuss the latest that seeks the group's disarmament and a road map for the transfer of power to a new government, according to a source with knowledge of the meeting.
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Energy secretary says "we are always open" for nuclear agreement with Iran
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the Trump administration is not shutting down diplomatic relations with Iran despite his comments earlier that there "may not be a nuclear agreement.
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"We are always open for a deal," Wright said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."
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"That's President Trump's goal is to always have a negotiated settlement and not use a military solution unless absolutely necessary."
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Wright said on ABC's "This Week" that "there may not be a nuclear agreement.
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It may be simply destroying their capabilities to do it."
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He continued that a nuclear agreement "may await a next administration."
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But later on "Face the Nation," Wright said the "biggest role" of the U.S. military is to "stop the export of Iranian crude or crude-related products, natural gas, whatever."
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"We are strangling their economy to either bring a change in policy from the existing regime or a new regime," Wright said.
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"Their current strategy is slowly failing for them."
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Wright said the U.S. is adding supply from Alaska, the Gulf and Venezuela.
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U.S. military dismisses Iran's claim of strike on U.S. ship in Strait: "A total lie"
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State-run media in Tehran reported that Iran had hit an unmanned U.S. vessel trying to enter an area of the Strait of Hormuz that it says is restricted.
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Capt. Tim Hawkins, U.S. Central Command spokesman, told the Associated Press that the claim was a "total lie."
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The purported attack came a day after the U.S. military said forces struck three Iranian oil tankers in response to a missile attack on Navy warships.
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Attacks resumed last week after roughly a month of quiet.
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CENTCOM said on Sunday that U.S. forces have redirected 92 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two others to "ensure strict compliance" with the maritime blockade against Iran.
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-CBS/AP
Lebanon president urges U.S. to help stop Israeli attacks
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks after strikes on Sunday killed at least four people despite a truce and an Israel-Lebanon deal.
The strikes, which also damaged government premises and destroyed an out-of-service hospital, were "a dangerous escalation... reaching Lebanese state institutions" and health facilities, Aoun said in a statement, calling on the U.S. and other countries "to urgently act to stop these violations".
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Iranian speaker threatens "more intense and more painful" response to U.S. strikes
The speaker of Iran's Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf threatened on Sunday to launch swifter and more forceful responses to U.S. attacks, after Tehran targeted American warships in retaliation for US attacks on tankers.
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"The Americans must have understood that the era of proportionate responses has come to an end," said Ghalibaf in a speech carried by state media, adding that "any aggression against Iran's interests and security will receive a faster, more intense and more painful response".
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Lebanese health ministry reports four people killed in Israeli strikes
Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on Sunday killed four people in the south, while Israel said it carried out raids after Iran-backed Hezbollah launched drones at its soldiers.
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The ministry reported two people killed in south Lebanon's Nabatieh al-Fawqa and two women killed in Arab Salim nearby.
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Twenty people were also wounded in several locations, including women and three children, the ministry said.
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The Israeli military said Sunday it had carried out strikes in southern Lebanon after the Iran-backed group launched drones at its soldiers, and urged residents of the town of Arab Salim to evacuate.
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"Terrorists from the Hezbollah terrorist organisation launched two drones towards IDF soldiers operating in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon," the military said in a statement.
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In another message, the Israeli military warned residents of Arab Salim to leave ahead of imminent attacks.
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Iran retaliates after U.S. strikes oil tankers
Iran said Sunday that its forces attacked a U.S. naval drone trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, hours after targeting ships in retaliation for American strikes on three oil tankers.
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said Sunday it "attacked an American military unmanned surface vessel" attempting to enter the strait, according to a statement carried by state television.
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Hours earlier, the IRGC said its naval forces "targeted three oil tankers on the unauthorised route of the Strait of Hormuz and three vessels affiliated with the child-killing America in other areas".
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It warned ships not to attempt to transit by unapproved routes.
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Iran has maintained its stranglehold on the strategic Strait of Hormuz while Washington continues a counter-blockade of Iranian ports.
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