Vance Still on the Ground as Clock Melts 36 Hours to Expiry
Vance remained in Washington through Monday night, Iran's negotiator publicly refused, and the ceasefire clock runs out Wednesday evening on Trump's count.
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Xi Calls MBS as Beijing Ends Hormuz Silence on the Clock
Beijing's three-day silence broke Monday with a Xi-MBS call for 'normal passage' and MOFA language naming the Touska a 'forced interception.'
Touska Cargo Likely Dual-Use as Marines Sift Containers in Gulf of Oman
Reuters sourced Monday that the Touska is carrying dual-use cargo from Asia — metals, pipes, electronics — and that Marines are still searching with the Iranian crew and their families aboard.
IRGC Says Crew Families on the Touska Are the Reason No Missiles Have Flown Yet
Iran's Revolutionary Guards told Tasnim retaliation for Sunday's Spruance strike is 'conditional' because Iranian families were aboard the Touska when it was seized.
Trump Told Bloomberg Wednesday Evening, AP Printed Tuesday Eight PM, and the Mismatch Is the Negotiation
One clock gives Vance thirty-six hours to reach Islamabad and the other gives him twelve, and the White House is using the mismatch as leverage rather than reconciling it.
Israel-Lebanon Round Two Set For Thursday As Bint Jbeil Burns
State Department books Thursday for round two with Beirut as the IDF spends Monday killing Lebanese 'terrorists' and injuring six in an air strike under a ceasefire.
Zelensky Says Iran War Is Slowing Patriot Resupply
Kyiv asked Washington for a Patriot license to double production, Germany already got one, and Ukraine now plans a European anti-ballistic system inside a year.
UN Condemns French UNIFIL Peacekeeper Killing, Paris Hormuz Posture Pending
A French staff sergeant is the third UNIFIL dead under an April 16 cessation, and Paris has a coalition but no announced Hormuz posture.