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The dramatic shift in tenor came as intermediaries, led by Pakistan, worked feverishly to head off a further escalation of the conflict.

A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings.

He previously said the U.S. would retrieve the deeply buried material, which is expected to be an intensive undertaking, if it struck an agreement with Iran.

"We stand ready in the background to ensure Iran upholds every reasonable term," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.

Several strikes were in busy commercial locations, causing panic in the streets.

President Donald Trump has suggested the U.S. may consider leaving the trans-Atlantic alliance after NATO member countries ignored his call to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping waterway, as Iran effectively shut it and sent gas ...

Trump said late Tuesday he was holding off on his threatened attacks on Iranian bridges, power plants and other civilian targets, subject to Tehran agreeing to a two-week ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump is backing off, for now, from destroying Iran's civilian infrastructure and wiping out its civilization. He also said he agreed to suspend bombing for two weeks if Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. Trump called an Iranian proposal .. ...

President Trump made a violent and extraordinary threat on Tuesday, saying he would erase an entire civilization if Iran didn't agree to his terms for a deal. He backed down from that rhetoric later in the day, agreeing to a two-week ceasefire. To .. ...

As President Trump backs down from his threats against Iran's infrastructure and agrees to a two-week ceasefire, Geoff Bennett speaks with Alan Eyre and Miad Maleki. Eyre was part of the Obama administration's negotiating team for the Iran nuclear .. ...