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Washington and Tehran appear close to a breakthrough agreement that could halt the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and limit Iran's nuclear stockpile -- but key terms are still unsettled.

NPR's Leila Fadel discusses with Ali Vaez, director of the Iran project at the International Crisis Group, the effects of a potential deal between the U.S. and Iran on the Middle East region.

NPR's Michel Martin joined author Bruce Feiler and seniors in Washington, D.C., who discussed Feiler's new book, "A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World–and How It Can Save Us."

In post-Maduro Venezuela, promised political prisoner releases fall short again—only dozens freed as hundreds remain jailed, fueling doubts over reforms.

More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war and related regional tensions.

China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 3 astronauts heading to its space station. One astronaut is set to stay in space for a year to explore human adaptability in long-duration spaceflights.

One California town is in a state of emergency and 50,000 people are under an evacuation order as a malfunctioning chemical tank at an aerospace plant is overheating and could leak or explode.

U.S. and Iran are nearing a tentative deal to end the conflict, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and curb Tehran's uranium stockpile — though major details remain unresolved.

As both the US and Iran signal a peace deal is near, Robert Kagan, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, says the U.S. will likely come out weaker than before the war.

New research shines a light on the lost Franklin Expedition, a 19th century voyage to the Canadian Arctic gone awry.