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In rare push, US lawmakers demand transparency on Israel nuclear capability

Marco Rubio, the Democrats pointed to the US-Israel war on Iran as the reason more clarity is urgently needed. While Israel is believed to have possessed nuclear weapons since the 1960s, it maintains

U.S. military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on 3 Navy ships in Strait of Hormuz

Marco Rubio discussed Middle East peace efforts at the Vatican with Pope Leo XIV, whose opposition to the Iran war has led to open sparring with President Donald Trump. ### Administration has sent mixed messages

Has the US accepted Iran’s demand to settle Hormuz first, nuclear later?

Marco Rubio gestures at the White House in Washington, DC, May 5, 2026 [Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo] Rubio’s Tuesday briefing suggests a sharp departure from Washington’s initial position. At the outset, the US outlined

Can Pakistan secure Iran-US nuclear compromise, as Trump says deal ‘close’?

statements suggest. “We should avoid simplistic binaries such as ‘one side is lying’,” he told Al Jazeera. “The gap visible between Trump’s remarks and the position of Iran’s foreign ministry is more

Deadlock over Iran's nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz cripples peace efforts

Marco Rubio signaled that efforts between the U.S. and Iran to end the war were deadlocked, amid growing international backlash over the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, which has interrupted the world's fuel

Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by 3 weeks as tensions rise in Strait of Hormuz

Marco Rubio, Lebanon Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa listen to questions from the media during a meeting with Lebanon Ambassador to the US and Israel Ambassador