Headlines- After talks in Washington on Tuesday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as a "historic opportunity" for peace, Israel and Lebanon agreed to hold direct talks.
- Iran talks could resume "over the next two days," according to US President Donald Trump, after the failure of last weekend's first round in Pakistan.
- Six merchant ships turned around after "direction from US forces," according to the US, and no ships were able to pass through the blockade in the first 24 hours.
- According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, there were at least 35 deaths and 159 injuries in Lebanon on Tuesday.
- The southern Lebanon district of Bint Jbeil has been hit by an Israeli airstrike.
- "The short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil already stranded at sea is set to expire in a few days and will not be renewed," according to the US Treasury Department.
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Nogales Border Center in Mexico Provides...
A Mexican border center south of Arizona has become a crucial source of humanitarian aid to migrants as thousands of migrants continue to make their way into the United States and as tighter immigration regulations make legal entry increasingly difficult.
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California Couple Helping Migrants Survive Desert...
John and Laura Hunter live in southern California and over the past few years they’ve begun heading out into the desert around the U.S.-Mexico border and trying to make sure people making the trek to the U.S. from South and Central America stay alive during their passage