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A small boat sails past cargo ships anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on August 5, 2026. © Amirhosein Khorgooi, AP
Middle East live: US military strikes ship violating blockade of Iranian ports
The US military announced on Tuesday that it had shot a Panama-flagged ship that was trying to approach an Iranian port in violation of Washington's blockade. President Donald Trump asserted again that…
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