For today, link to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters, and to commentary from Indian Punchline; other articles or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE, SYRIA and GAZA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.  IRAN 4-9-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Envoys from Iran and the U.S. arrive in Oman for first round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program, by Jon Gambrell | AP MUSCAT — Envoys from Iran and the United States arrived today in Oman ahead of the first talks over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly has threatened to unleash airstrikes . . . READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from Reuters, and HERE for an April 11 AP report. 

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FROM APRIL 11  Steve Witkoff’s Iran mission holds seamless possibilities, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline   The rubric of the U.S.-Iranian talks slated for Saturday in Muscat turned into a vanity fair of sorts — whether the talks should be called “indirect” or “direct.” U.S. President Donald Trump sought direct talks . . . READ MORE . . .

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