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Live Updates: Trump threatens to bomb Oman with Iran war stuck in stalemate as 60-day negotiation period ends - CBS News

Live Updates: Trump threatens to bomb Oman with Iran war stuck in stalemate as 60-day negotiation period ends - CBS News

WorldBy Duarte Dias, Tucker Reals, Khaled Wassef8/18/20261 min read

The 60-day deadline for the U.S. and Iran to negotiate a peace deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is expiring, with no agreement in sight.

✨ Key Highlights

  • The U.S. and Iran remain deadlocked as 60 days passed since both signed a memorandum of understanding intended to produce a wider peace deal, but no concrete plans to end the 24-week war have emerged.
  • President Trump threatened on Monday to bomb Oman if the country "gets in the way" of U.S. efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the conflict with Iran, according to Fox News.
  • The threat followed a statement by Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman that Tehran had reached an agreement with Oman on future shipping routes in the strait.
  • Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and adviser, met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Monday, a day after talks with Hamas leaders in Egypt over a U.S.-backed peace proposal for Gaza that Netanyahu rejected last week.
  • Trump alarmed allies by ordering the Pentagon to scale back "inappropriate and hostile" military drills with South Korea, while praising his relationship with North Korea's Kim Jong Un and saying the move made the situation "much safer."
  • Japan stressed on Tuesday that security cooperation with the U.S. and South Korea was "critical" for regional stability, as Trump rebuked Seoul for failing to support Washington's war against Iran and indicated positive communications with Kim.
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