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Rubio set to meet Italy's Meloni as both sides seek to ease frictions over Iran war

Rubio set to meet Italy's Meloni as both sides seek to ease frictions over Iran war

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni to ease tensions over the war with Iran

Rubio faces challenge in Pope Leo meeting after Trump's criticism over Iran

Rubio faces challenge in Pope Leo meeting after Trump's criticism over Iran

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to the Vatican and Italy on a fence-mending visit after President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran have alienated those allies

The Latest: US military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on 3 Navy ships in Strait of Hormuz

The Latest: US military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on 3 Navy ships in Strait of Hormuz

The U_S_ military said Thursday that it intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U_S_ forces.”

The Latest: GOP lawmakers pass House map carving up majority-Black district in Tennessee

The Latest: GOP lawmakers pass House map carving up majority-Black district in Tennessee

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed “efforts to achieve a durable peace in the Middle East” in talks at the Vatican aimed at easing tensions following U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticisms of Pope Leo XIV

Iran creates new agency to control shipping in Strait of Hormuz while reviewing peace deal with US

Iran creates new agency to control shipping in Strait of Hormuz while reviewing peace deal with US

Iran has created a government agency to control and tax vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz

Rubio to meet Pope Leo as Trump keeps up attacks on pontiff

Rubio to meet Pope Leo as Trump keeps up attacks on pontiff

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday, in a potentially fraught encounter as President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war.

The Latest: Rubio meets with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican after Trump’s criticism over Iran

The Latest: Rubio meets with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican after Trump’s criticism over Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed “efforts to achieve a durable peace in the Middle East” in talks at the Vatican aimed at easing tensions following U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticisms of Pope Leo XIV

Trump again assails Pope Leo, potentially complicating Rubio's visit to the Vatican this week

Trump again assails Pope Leo, potentially complicating Rubio's visit to the Vatican this week

President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Pope Leo XIV

The Latest: Hegseth and Caine say ceasefire between the US and Iran is not over

The Latest: Hegseth and Caine say ceasefire between the US and Iran is not over

U.S. forces launched an effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday

The Latest: Trump says he has paused effort to guide vessels from the Strait of Hormuz

The Latest: Trump says he has paused effort to guide vessels from the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump says he has paused the effort to guide vessels from the Strait of Hormuz to finalize a deal with Iran to end the war

China's top envoy meets with Iran's in Beijing as Trump pauses US effort in the Strait

China's top envoy meets with Iran's in Beijing as Trump pauses US effort in the Strait

President Donald Trump says he is pausing the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to allow time for a deal to end the Iran war, but that the American forces’ blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place

Trump says he's paused US effort to guide stranded vessels out of Strait of Hormuz

Trump says he's paused US effort to guide stranded vessels out of Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump says he has paused the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to finalize an Iran deal