Headlines- 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.
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