For today, links to six reports: from Reuters, the Cradle, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio; others or headlines of others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (IRAN 4-18-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE and YEMEN entries for this date, so far, are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Iran, U.S. task experts to design framework for a N-deal after Rome talks conclude. From Reuters. Iran and the United States agreed today to task experts to start drawing up a framework for a potential nuclear deal, Iran’s foreign minister said, after a second round of talks following President Donald Trump’s threat of military action. READ MORE . . .

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Israel still eyeing a limited attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, by Erin Banco | Reuters NEW YORK — Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months despite President Donald Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. was for now unwilling to support such a move, according to . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Cradle.

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Iran and the U.S. hold a second round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in Rome, by Matthew Lee and Jon Gamrell | AP  ROME — Iran and the United States held a second round of negotiations today, starting just before noon at the Omani embassy, over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program in Rome. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and NPR.

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