- Vice President J.D. Vance leads a U.S. delegation to Pakistan for secret talks aimed at ending the war in Iran.
- A fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Tehran is under negotiation, brokered by Pakistan after weeks of behind-the-scenes diplomacy.
- NASA's Artemis II mission returns
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