The US would not lift sanctions against Iran in return for a complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who further states that any sanctions relief is conditional upon Iran giving up enriched uranium.
The Kuwaiti army claims that loud noises heard around the country are the result of interceptions and that it is responding to drone and missile attacks.
On Tuesday, U.S. Central Command disabled an oil ship for allegedly violating the U.S. naval blockade in the Arabian Gulf.
According to President Donald Trump, talks with Iran are still ongoing, but "one never knows" where they will end.
Resuming hostilities in the conflict with the United States appears "inevitable," a senior Iranian military general who stated on Tuesday that "the Iranian nation will never surrender."
A memorial honoring the victims of the 1994 genocide inaugurated in Paris on Tuesday by French President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame.
Abdullah Abdullah, CEO of National Unity Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, addresses the closing session of the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan (From left to right) Conference Secretary; Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan; Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs; Mr. Abdullah; Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi, Minister of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. UN Photo by Violaine Martin