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 the United States was exercising "total...

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Middle East live: US military strikes ship violating blockade of Iranian ports

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